Mt. San Antonio Shades Host Riverside, 5-4, Friday in Tigers' Season Opener

RIVERSIDE -- Lifting the lid on its 2016 season, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers men's tennis team lost a 5-4 nonconference home match to the visiting Mt. San Antonio College (MSAC) Mounties Friday (Jan. 29) at RCC's Fran Bushman Tennis Courts.

With the win, MSAC improved to 2-0 overall, while RCC fell to 0-1 overall.

Stanislas Bedrune and Samuel Paque combined to win the No. 1 doubles match and then each won his singles match.

In its next action, RCC will host the Cerritos College Falcons on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m.

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Doubles

1. Stanislas Bedrune/Samuel Paque (RCC) def. Jeffrey Aldina/Erik Martinez (MSAC), 8-6

2. Ron Kang/Kenny Sakata (MSAC) def. Tom Aksoyek/Trent Harris (RCC), 8-4

3. Matthieu Tabanon/Antoine Voisin (RCC) def. Philip Beniga/Russell Hao (MSAC), 8-5

Singles

1. Samuel Paque (RCC) def. Erik Martinez (MSAC), 7-6(5), 6-3

2. Ron Kang (MSAC) def. Tom Aksoyek (RCC), 6-0, 6-0

3. Jeffrey Aldina (MSAC) def. Trent Harris (RCC), 6-2, 4-6, 12-10

4. Stanislas Bedrune (RCC) def. Kenny Sakata (MSAC), 6-4, 7-6(3)

5. Philip Beniga (MSAC) def. Matthieu Tabanon (RCC), 6-2, 6-3

6. Tri Nguyen (MSAC) def. Diego Olivarez (RCC), 6-0, 6-4

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