Posted: Apr 05, 2014

San Diego Mesa Tops Tigers, 6-3, in Regular Season Finale

RIVERSIDE -- In the regular season finale, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers men's tennis team dropped a 6-3 non-conference home decision to the visiting San Diego Mesa College (SDMC) Olympians Thursday (April 4) at RCC's Fran Bushman Courts.

Riverside (17-5 overall) won the first singles match (at No. 2) before falling behind, 4-2, after singles. San Diego Mesa, a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference, is 13-9 overall.

"Freshman David Stanko got the Tigers started picking up the "Eco Boost" award with a quick victory at the #2 spot," said RCC head coach Jim Elton.

S.D. Mesa quickly turned the table and took a 4-1 lead winning at #3 and #5 in straight sets and at #1 and #4 in three set matches.

"Conner Stephenson kept the Tigers alive coming back from a first set loss to bring home a solid three set victory at #6," added Elton.

Needing to sweep doubles to secure the match, the Tigers fell behind early and couldn't catch up at #2 and #3 doubles.

"Danny Garcia and Conner Stephenson looked impressive in the #1 doubles spot, winning 8-3."

The Tigers now wait the Southern California Regional Playoff and seeding meeting on Sunday, Apr. 6. RCC expects to be selected as one of the four wildcard teams. The eight-team So Cal Regionals will begin Tuesday, Apr. 8, at 2 p.m.

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Singles

#1 James Tenbroeck (SDM) d. Danny Garcia (RCC) 2-6, 6-0, 6-2

#2 David Stanko (RCC) d. Jesse Donahue (SDM) 6-2, 6-1

#3 Daniel Mitchell (SDM) d. Yann Herve (RCC) 6-2, 6-2

#4 Carlos Reyes-Ramos (SDM) d. Patrick Stetco (RCC) 7-6 (2), 2-6, 7-5

#5 Nikolai Rudumetkin (SDM) d. Joffrey Fecomme (RCC) 6-2, 6-2

#6 Conner Stephenson (RCC) d. Tommy Truong (SDM) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

#1 Garcia/Stephenson (RCC) d. Tenbroeck/Weeks-Berger (SDM) 8-3

#2 Rudumetkin/Fisher (SDM) d. Herve/Romero (RCC) 8-3

#3 Reyes-Ramos/Bastardi (SDM d. Stanko/Fecomme (RCC) 8-4