Tigers Take Down the Mounties
Match Notes:
- RCC returned home for a bounce-back victory over previously unbeaten Mount San Antonio College from the South Coast Conference.
- Freshman Eliott Moreno started the Tigers off again, with a dominating performance in the #6 spot, 6-1, 6-2.
- Sophomores Aliaksandr Pesniak and Jordan Gobatie kept the Tigers rolling, dominating the #1 and #2 spots.
- After a strong first set, freshman Danny Garcia battled to hold the #3 spot 6-2, 7-5.
- Sophomore Gustavo Carvalho sealed the victory for the Tigers, putting the Tigers up 5-0.
- Sophomore workhorse Ulises Banos, the Pride of Corona and Jose Nino, kept the Tigers perfect in singles with an amazing comeback win at the #5 singles position.
- The Tigers finished singles 6-0.
- In doubles, the freshman tandem of Garcia and Moreno put together the strongest performance at #2, winning 8-1.
- RCC now looks forward to their first Orange Empire Conference matchup at Cypress College on Thursday, February 14th (2:00).
Singles
#1 Jordan Gobatie (RCC) d. Marcelo Bautista (Mt SAC) 6-1, 6-2
#2 Aliaksandr Pesniak (RCC) d. Andrew Lieu (Mt SAC) 6-2, 6-2
#3 Danny Garcia (RCC) d. Cameron Webber (Mt SAC) 6-2, 7-5
#4 Gustavo Carvalho (RCC) d. Kenny Simmons (Mt SAC) 7-5, 7-5
#5 Ulises Banos (RCC) d. Brandan Yu (Mt SAC) 6-7(6),6-1,6-3
#6 Eliott Moreno (RCC) d. Devin Julien-Rohman (Mt SAC) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
#1 Gobatie/Banos (RCC) d. Bautista/Lieu (Mt SAC) 8-3
#2 Garcia/Moreno (RCC) d. Webber/Ornelis (Mt SAC) 8-1
#3 Pesniak/Douglass (RCC) d. Yu/Julien-Rohman (Mt SAC) 8-2