Riverside Loses, 7-2, at Ventura Tuesday
VENTURA -- Sophomore Trent Harris spotted his opponent a one-set lead and then came back to post a win at No. 5 singles, but it wasn't enough as the Riverside City College (RCC) Tigers men's tennis team lost a 7-2 non-conference decision to the host Ventura College (VC) Pirates Tuesday (Mar. 14).
Harris is pictured.
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California Community College
Men's Tennis
Non-Conference Dual Match
(SoCal #7)Riverside City College at (SoCal #4)Ventura College
Tuesday, March 14th 2017
Doubles
1. Cruz Thayne/Bill Whitaker (VC) def. Sami Akouz/Grady Harrell (RCC) 8-3
2. Augustine Lestelle/Damon Mitchell (VC) def. James Andra/Brandon Moerer (RCC) 8-6
3. Rodrigo Perdigao/Manu Rowe (VC) def. Ryan Cala/Trent Harris (RCC) 8-4
Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1. Bill Whitaker (VC) def. James Andra (RCC) 6-2, 7-5
2. Sami Akouz (RCC) def. Augustine Lestelle (VC) 6-4, 0-6, 10-7
3. Cruz Thayne (VC) def. Grady Harrell (RCC) 6-2, 6-0
4. Rodrigo Perdigao (VC) def. Ryan Cala (RCC) 7-5, 6-0
5. Trent Harris (RCC) def. Damon Mitchell (VC) 3-6, 6-1, 10-5
6. Florent Auteuil (VC) def. Brandon Moerer (RCC) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8
Order of Finish: 3, 4, 1, 2, 6, 5
Final Score: at (#4) Ventura College 7, (#7) Riverside City College 2
Riverside City College: Overall (7-9), Orange Empire Conf. (0-5)
Ventura College: Overall (9-2), Western State Conf. (6-0)
RCC Men's Tennis returns to the courts on Thursday, March 16th when they host Saddleback College in an OEC Conference dual-match to start the second round. Play begins at 2:00pm.
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