BIASELLA DOES DOUBLE DUTY TO CLAIM SINGLES, DOUBLES TITLES

CARLSBAD - It was quite a successful weekend for the College of the Desert men's tennis team. Not only did the team secure its fifth straight dual team title on Thursday, but the Roadrunners had three of the final four singles players and three of the final four doubles teams at California Community College Men's Tennis State Championships this weekend at La Costa Resort & Spa.

The end result was a pair of state titles for one member of the Roadnnmers' squad. Adriano Biasella stormed through to take the singles title on Saturday morning, then came back with doubles partner R/chard Dasek in the afternoon to claim the doubles crown as well.

Biasella breezed through the singles tournament, especially in Saturday's semifinals and final. In his two wins on Saturday, Biasella won a total of 24 games while losing only two. He defeated Ronald Paz of Canada College in the semifinals, 6-2, 6-0, then defeated his COD teammate, Kunioshi Minato, in the final, 6-0, 6-0. Minute had defeated COD teammate Richard Dasek
6-2, 4-6, 6-1 in the other semifinal.

In doubles, Biasella and Dasek had a little bit tougher a time. The pair faced teammates in both the semifinals and the final on Saturday. First up, Biasella and Dasek got by Daliher Ptak and Daniel Briseno by scores of 6-3, 7-6 (1). In the final, the pair was taken to three sets by their teammates Minute and Rye Kashiwabara before pulling out a 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-3 victory. Minato and Kashiwabara were in the final after defeating Grossmont's Cyrillc Kurz and Fernundo Rodriugez, 6-4, 6-4 in the other semifinal.

This marks the third straight year that a player from College of the Desert has claimed state titles in both singles and doubles.

-- Reported by Robert Trevino, State Tournament Publicist; Grossmont College S.I.D.