Tigers Shade Orange Coast, 5-4, in Orange Empire Conference Opener Tuesday
RIVERSIDE -- Clinching the contest with a victory at No. 1 doubles, the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers men's tennis team edged the visiting Orange Coast College (OCC) Pirates, 5-4, Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 23) in an Orange Empire Conference (OEC) at RCC's Fran Bushman Tennis Courts.
The team match lasted nearly five hours, ending at 6:55 p.m.
At No. 1 doubles, Samuel Paque and Antoine Voisin clinched the match with a victory. Trailing, 40-0, and down a break of serve at 8-7 in the set, they scored five straight points to break serve and force a tiebreaker to seal a win for the Tigers to open conference play.
With the win, Riverside (5-3 overall, 1-0 OEC) won its fifth consecutive match and is ranked No. 7 in SoCal, while No. 10-ranked (in SoCal) OCC fell to 6-2 overall and 0-1 in OEC play.
The Tigers continue OEC play on Thursday, Feb. 25, when they visit the Cypress College Chargers at 2 p.m.
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California Community College
Men's Tennis
Orange Empire Conference
(SoCal #10) Orange Coast College at (SoCal #7) Riverside City College
Tuesday, February 23rd 2016
Singles
1. Elmer Van Butselaar (OCC) def. Samuel Paque (RCC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
2. Tam Duong (OCC) def. Antoine Voisin (RCC) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
3. Kevin Springer (OCC) def. Victor Iove (RCC) 7-5, 7-6(4)
4. Stanislas Bedrune (RCC) def. Sergio Palacio (OCC) 6-1, 6-4
5. Matthieu Tabanon (RCC) def. Marco Tam (OCC) 6-3, 6-1
6. Trent Harris (RCC) def. Phil Vu (OCC) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
Order of Finish:
5, 4, 6, 2, 3, 1
Doubles
*1. Samuel Paque/Antoine Voisin (RCC) def. Elmer Van Butselaar/Kevin Springer (OCC) 9-8 (7)
2. Tam Duong/Sergio Palacio (OCC) def. Stanislas Bedrune/Victor Iove (RCC) 8-5
3. Trent Harris/Matthieu Tabanon (RCC) def. Marco Tam/Phil Vu (OCC) 8-5
Order of Finish:
2, 3, 1
*Samuel Paque/Antoine Voisin clinch the match with a victory at the #1 Doubles position. Trailing 40-0 and down a break of serve at 8-7 in the set, they score 5 straight points to break serve and force a tiebreaker to seal a win for the Tigers to open conference play.
Start Time: 2:00pm; Finish Time: 6:55pm
Final Score
(#7) Riverside City College 5 (5-3 overall, 1-0 OEC)
(#10) Orange Coast College 4 (6-2 overall, 0-1 OEC)
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