Eagle Tennis Falls at Riverside 6-3

MSJC's Cody Rodriguez and his teammates battled hard on Tuesday but came up on the short end of a 6-3 score at Riverside.
MSJC's Cody Rodriguez and his teammates battled hard on Tuesday but came up on the short end of a 6-3 score at Riverside.

The men's tennis team dropped a non-conference match against RCC on Tuesday, 6-3.  The Eagles dropped to 1-1 on the season.  The number two doubles team of Fernando Arguello and Isaac Morales won their match. Additionally, Ashton Vega won his singles match in straight sets, and Julian Valencia pulled off an impressive come from behind win in 3 sets.  The men's team will be back in action this Friday as they host Orange Coast College at 2pm.

Coach Page; "Riverside is an outstanding team from top to bottom, our guys were battling some nerves in the beginning but settled in and really competed well as the match went on".  "This match really helped us identify several things that we need to keep working on to get better."

 

Scores:

1 doubles: Fermin Blando/Julian Valencia  L 3-8

2 doubles: Isaac Morales/Fernando Arguello  W 8-5

3 doubles: Ashton Vega/Cody Rodriguez  L 2-8

 

1 singles: Fermin Blando  L  2-6, 2-6

2 singles: Isaac Morales  L  3-6, 0-6

3 singles: Fernando Arguello  L 1-6, 2-6

4 singles: Julian Valencia  W  2-6, 6-3, 10-7

5 singles: Ashton Vega  W  6-2, 7-5

6 singles: Cody Rodriguez  L  0-6, 2-6