
Riverside Battles in Close OEC Defeat
Riverside City College battled but ultimately conceded its first Orange Empire Conference loss of the season with a close 5-4 loss at Orange Coast College Thursday afternoon.
The Tigers drop to 9-2 on the year and 4-1 in conference, while the Pirates improve to 12-1 overall and 3-1 in the OEC.
RCC took two of the three doubles competitions, with Janine Kremling and Denise Campbell winning their match 8-2 and Jordyn Sundberg and Madison Reynoso grabbing an 8-4 victory.
Campbell also won her singles match (6-1, 3-6, 6-3), while Kremling also grabbed a victory (6-1, 6-2) in the No. 1 spot.
RCC heads to four-year program Occidental College on Friday at 4 p.m. before closing out the regular season at home next Tuesday against Saddleback College at 2 p.m.