Tigers Lose, 6-3, at Saddleback in Orange Empire Conference Opener Thursday
MISSION VIEJO -- Lifting the lid on the Orange Empire Conference (OEC) portion of its schedule, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers men's tennis team fell, 6-3, to the host Saddleback College (SC) Gauchos Thursday (Feb. 23).
Thierry van Os -- who is pictured -- won at No. 4 singles for Riverside City (4-4 overall, 0-1 OEC).
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California Community College
Men's Tennis
Orange Empire Conference Dual Match
Riverside City College at Saddleback College
Thursday, February 23rd 2017
Singles
1. Riku Goto (SC) def. james Andra (RCC) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jeff Gelman (SC) def. Sami Akouz (RCC) 6-1, 6-1
3. Grady Harrell (RCC) def. Kris Harris (SC) 6-4, 6-2
4. Thierry van Os (RCC) def. Andrew Tran (SC) 6-4, 6-0
5. Michael Park (SC) def. Trent Harris (RCC) 6-3, 6-1
6. Ryan Fabre (SC) def. Ryan Cala (RCC) 7-6(4), 7-6(1)
Order of Finish:
1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6
Doubles
1. Jeff Gelman/Riku Goto (SC) def. Sami Akouz/Thierry van Os (RCC) 8-2
2. Michael Park/Andrew Tran (SC) def. Grady Harrell/Brandon Moerer (RCC) 8-4
3. James Andra/Trent Harris (RCC) def. Tyler Bloom/David Gustafson (SC) 8-4
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Final Score: at Saddleback College 6, Riverside City College 3
Riverside City College: Overall (4-4), Orange Empire Conf. (0-1)
Saddleback College: Overall (5-1), Orange Empire Conf. (1-0)
Riverside City College Men's Tennis returns to the courts on Friday, February 24th when they host Palomar College in a non-conference dual match. Play begins at 2:00pm.
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