College of the Desert went 2-1 in doubles, then swept the first three singles to beat SBCC 5-1 in a Southern Cal Regional men’s tennis quarterfinal on Tuesday in Palm Desert.
The Roadrunners, champions of the Foothill Conference, were seeded No. 2 and have won 13 state championships. The seventh-seeded Vaqueros, making their first Regional appearance in 12 years, ended their season at 8-6.
Fabian Lundberg, who plays No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles for SBCC, missed the match with strep throat.
Logan Liddell and Marius Moelsgaard got the lone point for Santa Barbara, winning a tiebreaker 7-4 to take the pro set 9-8.
RESULTS
At Palm Desert
Doubles — #1 Josh Banks/Justin Seller, COD, def. Daniel Barrington/Eduardo Baccini 8-4; #2 Carlos Val/Rafa Peroli, COD, def. Carlo Bierbaum/Soufiane El Mhamdi 8-6; #3 Logan Liddell/Marius Moelsgaard, SBCC, def. Michael Rosenfield/Phillip D’arts 9-8 (4). Singles — #1 Banks, COD, def. Liddell 6-2, 6-1; #2 Seller, COD, def. Carlo Bierbaum 6-1, 1-0 ret.; #3 Val, COD, def. Moelsgaard 6-2, 6-3.
