Riverside Romps Over Orange Coast, 8-1, in Conference Opener for Both

RIVERSIDE -- With a win in its conference lidlifter, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers men's tennis team made a convincing statement with an 8-1 home court win over the Orange Coast College (OCC) Pirates Thursday afternoon (February 20) in the Orange Empire Conference (OEC) opener for both at RCC's Fran Bushman Courts.

Riverside (6-1, 1-0 OEC) lost only the No. 2 doubles match as OCC fell to 4-3, 0-1 OEC. RCC has won its last two matches after opening the season with four wins.

Sophomore Danny Garcia (Riverside / Arlington HS) got the Tigers started with his "Eco Boost" performance (requiring the least amount of energy) in taking down his opponent, 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 1 spot.

Freshman Patrick Stetco (Redlands / Redlands HS) sealed the win for the Tigers, picking up the fifth team point at No. 4 singles, 6-1, 6-0.

With the win, both the RCC men's and women's teams will be competing tomorrow, Friday,  Feb. 21, at home against Mount San Antonio College in a non-conference match beginning at 2 p.m.

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Singles

#1        Danny Garcia (RCC)                  d.         Tokunosuke Takahashi (OCC)  6-2, 6-1

#2        David Stanko (RCC)                  d.         Ryu Miyake (OCC)                    7-5, 6-3

#3        Yann Herve (RCC)                     d.         Pinoe Chu (OCC)                      6-1, 6-2

#4        Patrick Stetco (RCC)                 d.         David Nguyen (OCC)                6-1, 6-0

#5        Joffrey Fecomme (RCC )           d.         Tony Wright (OCC)                   6-1, 6-1

#6        Conner Stephenson (RCC)        d.         Brian Dao (OCC)                      7-5, 6-2

Doubles

#1        Garcia/Stephenson (RCC)         d.         Miyake/Chu (OCC)                   8-5

#2        Takahashi/Nguyen (OCC)         d.         Herve/Romero (RCC)                8-5

#3        Wijngaarden/Tieu (RCC)           d.         Wright/Dao (OCC)                    8-6

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