Tigers Tame the Griffins
Match Notes:
RCC went on the road for a convincing victory over Grossmont Community College from the Pacific Coast Conference
- Freshman Eliott Moreno started the Tigers off with a dominating performance in the #5 spot, 6-0, 6-3
- Sophomore Jordan Gobatie kept the Tigers rolling, dominating the #1 spot 6-0, 6-1
- Sophomore Gustavo Carvalho and freshman Danny Garcia followed up with convincing wins at the #5 and #3 spots respectively.
- Sophomore Aliaksandr Pesniak sealed the victory for the Tigers, putting the Tigers up 5-0.
- Sophomore sensation Josh Stevenson, the Pride of Yucaipa, kept the Tigers perfect in singles with an amazing comeback win at the #6 singles position.
- The Tigers finished singles 6-0, without dropping a set.
- In doubles, the sophomore tandem of Gobatie and Pesniak paired up for the first time at #1 spot for the Tigers, winning convincingly 6-1, 6-0
- RCC now looks forward to their non-conference city-wide matchup at Andulka Park against the University of California, Riverside, Thursday, February 7th (12:00). They then hit the road again on Friday to face Victor Valley from the Foothill Conference
Singles
#1 Jordan Gobatie (RCC) d. Emmanuel Corvera (GCC) 6-0, 6-1
#2 Aliaksandr Pesniak (RCC) d. Nicolas Franco (GCC) 6-3, 6-1
#3 Danny Garcia (RCC) d. Jason Voss (GCC) 6-1, 6-1
#4 Gustavo Carvalho (RCC) d. Ignacio Alvarado (GCC) 6-1, 6-0
#5 Eliott Moreno (RCC) d. Ryan Torio (GCC) 6-0, 6-3
#6 Josh Stevenson (RCC) d. Ryan Ray (GCC) 7-6 (5), 6-1
Doubles
#1 Gobatie/Pesniak (RCC) d. Corvera/Voss (GCC) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Garcia/Moreno (RCC) d. Franco/Torio (GCC) 6-2, 6-2
#3 Alvarado/Ray (GCC) d. Carvalho/Stevenson (RCC) 6-1, 6-2