Glendale edged SBCC 5-4 on Thursday in a battle between Vaqueros for second place in the WSC men’s tennis race. It was the first road loss for Santa Barbara (4-3, 4-3) and the second 5-4 setback to Glendale this year. The teams share the nickname “Vaqueros”.
Antonio Rodrigues and Zack Scott posted singles wins for SBCC, which trailed 4-2 going into the doubles. Santa Barbara won the first two doubles points before Glendale prevailed in the No. 3 battle, 8-6.
GLENDALE 5, SBCC 4
At Glendale
Glendale 5, SBCC 4. Singles–Rony Veghynazary, G, def. Ryan Sweeney 6-1, 6-3; Ryan Stanbury, G, def. Elliot Markowitz 0-6, 7-5, 6-2; Joey Tresierras, G, def. Alex Zazove 6-3, 6-3; Antonio Rodrigues, SB, def. Paul Nagapetyan 6-2, 6-2; Marko Gortinski, G, def. Hiro Inoue 6-1, 6-1; Zack Scott, SB, def. Alex Metevosian 6-1, 6-1. Doubles–Sweeney-Markowitz, SB, def. Veghynazary-Matevosian 8-2; Zazove-Scott, SB, def. Stanbury-Tresierras 8-4; Nagapetyan-Gortinski, G, def. Rodrigues-Inoue 8-6. Records–SBCC 4-3 overall, 4-3 WSC. G 10-3, 6-1.
