Irvine Valley Tops Host Riverside, 8-1, Thursday

RIVERSIDE -- Freshman Samuel Paque won at No. 1 singles as the host Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers men's tennis team lost, 8-1, to the visiting Irvine Valley College (IVC) Lasers Thursday afternoon (Mar. 10) in an Orange Empire Conference (OEC) match at RCC's Fran Bushman Tennis Courts.

Riverside (7-6 overall, 3-3 OEC) is ranked No. 7 in SoCal. Irvine Valley improved to 12-2 overall, 6-0 OEC.

Paque, who is pictured, hails from France and won his match, 6-3, 2-1 (retired).

RCC returns to action on Tuesday, Mar. 15, when it travels to Orange Coast College (OCC) for an OEC match against the OCC Pirates beginning at 2 p.m.

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California Community College Men's Tennis, Thursday, Mar. 10, 2016

Orange Empire Conference (OEC) Dual Match

Irvine Valley College (IVC) Lasers 8, at Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers 1

Singles

1. Samuel Paque (RCC) def. Flavien Raveau (IVC), 6-3, 2-1 ret.

2. Juan Navarro (IVC) def. Victor Iove (RCC,) 7-5 ret.

3. Scott Paz (IVC) def. Stanislas Bedrune (RCC), 6-0, 6-3

4. Tony Selim (IVC) def. Matthieu Tabanon (RCC), 6-2, 6-4

5. Kevin Pham (IVC) def. Trent Harris (RCC), 6-1, 6-2

6. Jack Fryer (IVC) def. Toan Do (RCC), 6-2, 6-0

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 6, 5

Doubles

1. Bruno Figlia/Juan Navarro (IVC) def. Toan Do/Samuel Paque (RCC), 8-1

2. Gavin Lynch/Kevin Pham (IVC) def. Stanislas Bedrune/Diego Olivarez (RCC), 8-2

3. Jack Fryer/Rafael Lourenco (IVC) def. Trent Harris/Matthieu Tabanon (RCC), 8-3

Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3

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