Posted: Apr 16, 2024
For the first time since 2005, the GCC Men's Tennis Team advanced to the Southern California Regional Playoff Finals with a 5-2 win over Irvine Valley College April 16. The No. 3 seeded Vaqueros defeated the No. 1 seeded Lasers by taking a 2-1 lead in doubles before winning three singles matches to clinch the victory. Glendale will face Western State Conference foe Ventura College, the No. 2 seed. at 2 pm Saturday April 20 at 2 pm on Ventura's home courts.
Doubles Matches
#1 Morgan, Lance Ridaoui, Adam VS Grove, Nicholas Pardo, Luciano IVC 5-8
#2 Zau, Andy Badon, Jean-Baptiste VS Patrick Riggs Covino Michele GCC 8-6
#3 Nicodemus, Ian Ben Mira, Mostafa VS Ashraf, Alyan Ashraf, Sufyan GCC 9-8(4)
Singles Matches
#1 Badon, Jean-Baptiste VS Grove, Nicholas 6-4 6-5
#2 Ridaoui, Adam VS Pardo, Luciano 3-6 6-2 0-1
#3 Ben Mira, Mostafa VS Ashraf, Sufyan IVC 6-2 0-1 RET[inj]
#4 Morgan, Lance VS Riggs, Patrick GCC 7-6(6) 6-4
#5 Zau, Andy VS Torres, Lucas GCC 6-2 6-4
#6 Nicodemus, Ian VS Ashraf, Alyan GCC 6-2 5-7 6-0