Badminton Team Serves up Second Win

The Rams came out of the gate with rackets blazing for the Fresno City College badminton team, starting their state championship campaign in a 21-0 victory over Mission College in their March 21 season opener.

The Rams shutout victory over Mission improved their record to 2-0, continuing the success from last season’s state championship. Mission fell in their season opener to a 0-1 record.

The match started in singles competition with the Rams taking control of the match in the early going. Every member of the Rams’ roster won their singles matches, taking the first two games in a best-of-three series.

Both teams showed their determination over the course of the match, with the Rams scoring strong, powerful strikes.

Mission struggled to get anything going on their side of the net, due to them having an inexperienced roster of mostly first year athletes.

Rams’ head coach Carol Kadingo liked how her team performed during their match.

“I feel we played really well in this match. We are on a mission to repeat last season’s success and we want to stay as competitive as we can and move forward from there,” said Kadingo.

The match moved into doubles competition with the Rams repeating the same success that they had during their singles matches. The Rams’ roster would finish off their Mission opponents in two-game sweep victories. The victory would seal the victory for the Rams.

First year athlete Arrika Levario was amazed about how well she performed during her four matches. Confidence and chemistry with her partner, Amy Vang lead to victory.

“As a team, we did really well. We did what we needed to do. As for me, I did better than I expected, feeding of the energy from my partner,” said Levario. “I like the way I am playing so far this season and am looking forward for the rest of the season to see how far we can go.”