Tigers Sweep the Vaqueros
Match Notes:
· Freshman Danny Garcia started the Tigers off with a big win in his first college match, 6-3, 6-1.
· Sophomores Ulises Banos and Aliaksandr Pesniak followed it up with convincing wins at the #5 and #2 spots respectively.
· Sophomore Jordan Gobatie kept the Tigers rolling and battled to a 6-4, 6-3 victory in the #1 position, putting the Tigers up 4-0 in the team score.
· Sophomore Gustavo Carvalho sealed the victory for the Tigers, putting the Tigers up 5-0.
· Freshman Eliott Moreno kept the Tigers perfect in singles with a solid win at the #6 singles position.
· The Tigers finished singles 6-0, without dropping a set.
· In doubles, the freshman duo of Garcia and Moreno from Arlington High School paired up at #1 to finish the match and earn the sweep for the Tigers, 8-4.
· RCC now looks forward to their non-conference matchup in San Diego against Pacific Coast Conference power Grossmont College, Tuesday, February 5th (2:00). They then return home for a cross-town matchup against NCAA Division 1 opponent UCR at Andulka Park at 12:00 on Thursday, February 7th.
Singles
#1 Jordan Gobatie (RCC) d. Gaspar Macalutas (GCC) 6-4, 6-3
#2 Aliaksandr Pesniak (RCC) d. Dat Le (GCC) 6-3, 6-1
#3 Danny Garcia (RCC) d. Santiago Segovia (GCC) 6-3, 6-1
#4 Gustavo Carvalho (RCC) d. Philip Lam (GCC) 6-2, 6-4
#5 Ulises Banos (RCC) d. Oscar Lam (GCC) 6-1, 6-3
#6 Eliott Moreno (RCC) d. Stephen Joharry (GCC) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
#1 Garcia/Moreno (RCC) d. Macalutas/Le (GCC) 8-4
#2 Gobatie/Banos (RCC) d. Segovia/Lam (GCC) 8-5
#3 Pesniak/Carvalho (RCC) d. Chavdarian/Chicco (GCC) 8-1