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Posted: Feb 20, 2020

Men’s Tennis Drops Conference Opener

Photo by Yvette Blacknell
Photo by Yvette Blacknell
Results

TORRANCE, Calif. – El Camino College put up another solid effort but came up just short of its first victory, falling to Mt. San Jacinto, 5-4, in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference opener Thursday at the ECC Tennis Courts.

The Warriors (0-4, 0-1) once again held a lead after the doubles action, taking two of the three matches. But ECC could not finish in the singles competition, taking the No. 2 and No. 5 matches while losing the rest.

The team will host Fullerton in a non-conference match on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at the ECC Tennis Courts. First serve is set for 2 p.m.

MT. SAN JACINTO 5, EL CAMINO COLLEGE 4

SINGLES

  1. Fermin Blando (MSJC) def. Jordan Alexander (ECC) 2-6, 6-2, 10-8
  2. Ignas Kirkila (ECC) def. Julian Valencia (MSJC) 6-2, 7-5
  3. Fernando Arguello (MSJC) def. Daniel Hermosisima (ECC) 3-6, 6-3, 10-8
  4. Isaac Morales (MSJC) def. George Barinov (ECC) 6-2, 6-2
  5. Andre Dinh (ECC) def. Ashton Vega (MSJC) 1-6, 6-2, 6-0 retired
  6. Cody Rodriguez (MSJC) def. Nolan Kawabata (ECC) 6-4, 6-3

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

DOUBLES

  1. Alexander/Kirkila (ECC) def. Blando/Arguello (MSJC) 8-6
  2. Valencia/Morales (MSJC) def. Hermosisima/Dinh (ECC) 8-2
  3. Barinov/Eric Rothenberger (ECC) def. Vega/Rodriguez (MSJC) 8-2

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1