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CaliforniaCommunity Colleges
Commission on Athletics
Tennis Championships
Presented by U.S. Bank
May 11-13
Claremont Club
Glendale, CA
COLLEGE OF THE DESERT WINS 12th TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
For the second year in a row, and eighth time in the
last nine years, the College of the Desert men's tennis team has captured
the California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics Team Championship
presented by U.S. Bank. The Roadrunners, who have now won 12 team titles,
swept Chabot College, 5-0 on Thursday at the Claremont Club in Claremont.
College of the Desert finished the season with a 17-1 record, while
the Gladiators went 14-2.
"Our focus in the match was to limit our unforced errors and I told
the team before the match not go out there and make it hard on yourself,"
said Roadrunner head coach Carl Schroeder. "We were coming off a very
tough match that could have gone either way against Ventura College
to reach the finals and we just tried to focus on each opponent because
they got tougher every week."
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The match was ended before the final singles match was
played, as the Roadrunners took the first five completed matches. It started
with #4 singles player Shingo Minato (6-1, 6-2) and #5 player Patrick Oloba
(6-1, 6-0) winning, and concluded when powerful #2 player Francis Yoshimoto
(6-2, 6-3), along with Stefan Fedderson (6-2, 6-0) and Joao Toledo (6-2,
6-1) also posting wins.
The top three singles players and top two doubles teams for College of the
Desert will compete in the individual championships, while singles player
Nik Jakasjin and all three doubles teams will represent Chabot.
The round of 16 men's singles competition will get underway on Friday at
11:00 a.m., with the doubles action getting started at 2:30 p.m.
SINGLES
Jack Hui (COD) led Nik Jakasjin (Chabot),
6-4, 2-2, abandoned
Francis Yoshimoto (COD) def. Al Bafaiz (Chabot),
6-2, 6-3
Stefan Fedderson (COD) def. Kevin Cree (Chabot),
6-2, 6-0
Shingo Minato (COD) def. Jason Huk
(6-1, 6-2)
Patrick Olobo (COD) def. Jonas Temple (Chabot),
6-1, 6-0
Joao Toledo (COD) def. Laurence Wang (Chabot),
6-2, 6-1
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