In a showdown between the two unbeaten girls’ tennis teams in the South Sequoia League, Bakersfield Christian beat Taft, 6-3, here Wednesday.

“Their one and two girls are the top players in the league and they are so deep that we could not catch up at the bottom,” Taft coach Jim Carnal said.

At No. 1 singles, Abigail Williams beat Leighton May, 6-1, 6-1. As she has done all season, Anabella McGilvary again beat her opponent, 6-0, 6-0. This time it was Diana Huizar. Taft earned its only point in singles when a determined Brisa Guizar beat Melody Bashirtash, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5). The Eagles’ Delaney Anderholt beat Dariana Calderon, 6-2, 6-4.  Likewise, Grace Spolestra beat Elizabeth Huizar, 6-0, 6-2. At No. 6 singles, Taft’s Cielo Woggn won the first set against Kylie Harrison, 6-3, but could not finish and lost the next two, 6-4, 10-5.

At No. 1 doubles, Stevens and McGilvary, who made the quarterfinals in Valley last year, won the first set and were up three games in the second against May and Calderon. The Taft duo fought back to 3-4 in the second, before falling, 6-3. At 2 doubles, Taft’s No. 2 Diana Huizar and No. 9 Yuvia Woggn beat No. 6 Harrison and No. 7 Elise Woyke, 7-5, 6-2. At 3 doubles, No. 7 Rosa Silva and No. 8 Alondra Cisneros beat cousins, No. 8 Pauniz Bashirtash and No. 9 Tara Bashirtash, 6-3, 6-4.

Taft dropped to 9-2 overall and 3-1 in the South Sequoia League. BCHS improved to 7-4 overall and 4-0 in league. The game had been rescheduled from the week of extreme heat when all sports were canceled, so Taft travels to BCHS for the final matchup on Thursday, Sept. 21. This is the last year BCHS will be in the SSL

The JV match went even worse for Taft. Number 1 Gabriela Aguilar was unavailable to play so everyone had to play up a spot. Ivonne Gutierrez lost 6-1, 6-1. Valerie Munoz put up a good fight but lost, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4. Jessica De La Cruz fell, 6-2, 6-3. Arelie Paz went to three sets but could not close, losing, 6-1, 4-6, 10-7. Beginner Kendall Robison was shut out, 6-0, 6-0. And Zughei Guzman, making her singles debut, fell, 6-1, 6-3.

At No. 1 doubles, Gutierrez and Paz lost, 8-3. But Taft won the bottom two doubles matches. Munoz and Angelica Brown won, 8-6, and De La Cruz and beginner Harmony Hartzell won, 8-6.

Taft’s JV dropped to 4-1 overall; 3-1 in the SSL. BCHS’s JV improved to 4-0 in league.

On Tuesday, Taft’s varsity beat Robert F. Kennedy, 9-0, while Taft’s JV won here, 8-1.