Tigers Roar, Pirates Walk the Plank!
Match Notes:
· RCC finishes the first round of Orange Empire Conference play with a convincing win overOrange Coast College, establishing itself as a leader in the chase for the conference title (its first since 2009).
· Sophomore Jordan Gobatie got the Tigers started with a convincing win at the #1 spot, 6-1, 6-0.
· Danny Garcia, Eliott Moreno, and Gustavo Carvalho kept the Tigers rolling, winning the #3, #6, and #4 spots.
· Sophomore Aliaksandr Pesniak sealed the victory again for the Tigers, putting the Tigers up 5-0 in singles.
· RCC begins the second round of Orange Empire Conference play on the road with a match against Fullerton College on Thursday, March 7th (2:00).
Singles
#1 Jordan Gobatie (RCC) d. Chris Chiu (OCC) 6-1, 6-0
#2 Aliaksandr Pesniak (RCC) d. Andrew Pham (OCC) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
#3 Danny Garcia (RCC) d. Chad Meyer (OCC) 6-2, 6-2
#4 Gustavo Carvalho (RCC) d. Chris Tran (OCC) 6-4, 6-1
#5 Dillon Nguyen (OCC) d. Ulises Banos (RCC) 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4
#6 Eliott Moreno (RCC) d. Michael Chantos (OCC) 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
#1 Gobatie/Banos (RCC) d. Chiu/Meyer (OCC) 8-5
#2 Garcia/Moreno (RCC) d. Pham/Nguyen (OCC) 8-5
#3 Carvalho/Douglass (RCC) d. Loomis/Tran (OCC) 8-2