SBCC rallied to tie its WSC men’s tennis finale 4-4 with two doubles wins at Glendale on Tuesday, then lost a heartbreaking 5-4 decision on a tiebreaker.
Logan Liddell, the Vaqueros’ top player from Santa Barbara High, returned from injury to win points in singles and doubles for the Vaqueros (8-5, 5-3). Liddell teamed with Fabian Lundberg to win the No. 1 doubles 8-4 and Daniel Barrington-Eduardo Baccini took the No. 2 set, 8-4.
Glendale (11-5, 5-3) tied the No. 3 doubles 8-8, then pulled out a 9-7 win in the tiebreaker to forge a second-place tie in conference with SBCC.
The Vaqueros will compete in the WSC Individual Tournament on Friday and Saturday at Ventura.
At Glendale
Glendale 5, SBCC 4. Singles–Logan Liddell, SBCC, def. Andrew You 7-6 (1), 6-4; Gaspar Macalutas, G, def. Fabian Lundberg 6-3, 6-0; Dat Lee, G, def. Carlo Bierbaum 6-3, 7-6 (4); Marius Moelsgaard, SBCC, def. Phillip Lamb 6-1, 6-3; Son Tran, G, def. Soufiane El Mhamdi 6-4, 6-3; Santiago Segovia, G, def. Daniel Barrington 6-4, 6-2. Doubles–Liddell/Lundberg, SBCC, def. You/Macalutas 8-4; Barrington/ Eduardo Baccini, SBCC, def. Lee/Lamb 8-4; Tran/Segovia, G, def. Bierbaum/El Mhamdi 9-8 (7).
