The No. 3 doubles team of Soufiane El Mhamd and Marius Moelsgaard pulled out a dramatic 9-7 victory to lift the SBCC men’s tennis team to a 5-4 nonconference win over Cerritos on Friday at Pershing Park.
“The match went the distance with many deuces over the final 4 games,” said SBCC coach Lance Kronberg.
The teams split the six singles sets. Fabian Lundberg and Logan LIddell won at No. 1 doubles to give the Vaqueros a 4-3 lead. But Cerritos evened the score with an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles.
Lundberg, Edurardo Baccini and El Mhambi won singles matches for SBCC, which is 1-1 on the season.
Singles
1. Nathan Eshmade Cerritos def. Logan Liddell SBCC 7-5, 6-1
2. Fabian Lundberg SBCC def. Maurice Grijalva Cerritos 7-6, 6-1
3. Todd Jenkins Cerritos def. Marius Moelsgaard SBCC 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
4. Eduardo Baccini SBCC def. Matt Espiritu Cerritos 7-6, 6-3
5. Julian Avila Cerritos def. Daniel Barrington SBCC 1-6, 6-2, 7-6
6. Soufiane El Mhamdi SBCC def. Gianni Jpong 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1. Lundberg/Liddell SBCC def. Eshmade/Espiritu C 8-4
2. Jenkins/Grijalva C def. Baccini/Barrington SBCC 8-5
3. El Mhamdi/Moelsgaard SBCC def. Avila/Jpong C 9-7
