The Bakersfield College men’s tennis team came away with a 6-3 win against Western State Conference opponent L.A. Pierce at home on March 4.
The Renegades are now 3-5 overall, and 1-2 in the WSC. The Renegades were trying to get a conference win after starting 0-2 and losing to Ventura 9-0.
BC started out with win by No. 1 player Nick Jacobs 6-3, 6-1 over L.A. Pierce’s Ari Cohen.
The Renegades followed up Jacobs’ win with another win by No. 2 player James Griffin 6-0, 7-6 over Patrick Massey.
BC’s third seeded player Matt Booth also got a win with the scores of 6-1, 6-2 over Pierce’s Logan Foldstein.
Pierce got their first win in the battle of No. 4’s, when BC’s Chris Sides lost to Royce Pasiliao 7-6, 6-3.
Fifth-seeded Renegade player Robby Jennings got BC another win defeating G.S. Navjeeven Sanders 6-4, 6-1.
In doubles, the Renegades lost the opening match with Griffin and Booth losing to Cohen and Massey 8-5.
Jacobs and Sides picked up the first BC win in doubles against Foldstein and Pasiliao 9-8.
In the last doubles match Jennings and sixth-seeded Ryan Grisso defeated Navjeevan Sanders and LAP’s No. 6 Ryan Feldstein 8-1.
Head coach Regina Csibi-Krueger was happy with the way the team played after being beaten by Ventura earlier that week.
“It was a great win for us. I’m very proud of the team, and it seems like all the hard work is finally starting to show,” she said.
“I’m happy with the results, because this is an inexperienced team and they still keep on fighting to do well in conference.”
BC also held a fundraiser for Cal State University Bakersfield. The Battle of the Sexes fundraiser was held to try and save CSUB’s women’s tennis team from being cut.
The matches were held at the Bakersfield Racquet Club on March 6.
The BC men won 9-0 without dropping a set.
Csibi-Krueger mentioned how she feels the team is a strong one, and what her expectations were for the rest of the season.
“I think we could have done better against Santa Barbara and Glendale, but I am expecting to come in third in the conference.
“I also expect some singles and doubles to qualify for regionals,” she said.