COD (17-0) made quick work of their Regional Finals opponents after sweeping the doubles and the Roadrunners are headed to another State Championship, defeating the Ventura Pirates (18-1), 5-0.

In doubles play, the team of freshman Elijah Strode (San Diego Heritage Christian) and freshman Raymundo Chavez (Ensenada (BCN, MX) Centro de Bachillerato Tecnologico Inds. Servicos (CBT is 41 won easily 8-3. The team of freshman Marco Alvarez (Chula Vista Eastlake) and freshman Matthew Shaw (Baton Rouge (LA) GED Testing Online) took down the #2 seeded Pirates in a hotly contested match, 8-6. The team of freshman Jiaxi Ma (Irvine Woodbridge) and freshman Eita Ishikawa (Yokkaichi (JPN) Yokkaichi Technical) would have to fight back from an 0-3 deficit to win their hard-fought match, 8-6.

In singles play, Strode rebounded from his semifinals singles loss to dominate in a quick 6-2 and 6-1 win and Chavez won his match easily, 6-1 and 6-1. Alvarez and Ma were leading in their matches when they were suspended and Ishikawa and Shaw were fighting back in their sets when their matches were suspended prematurely because Desert had reached the five-set limit securing the win for the Roadrunners.

The next match for College of the Desert Men's Tennis will be at the Bakersfield Racquet Club in Bakersfield for the CCCAA State Finals, facing the #1 seed from NorCal, the American River Beavers of Sacramento on Saturday, April 23rd at 2p.

College of the Desert defeated Ventura College, 5-0 in the final round of the CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoffs at College of the Desert in Palm Desert.

DOUBLES:

#1: Strode / Chavez (COD) def. Sodersten / Ashbrook (VENT) 8-3
#2: Alvarez / Shaw (COD) def. Koide / Ryan Lam (VENT) 8-6
#3: Ma / Ishikawa (COD) def. Jabin / Tajima (VENT) 8-6

SINGLES:

#1: Elijah Strode (COD) def. Philemon Jabin (VENT) 6-2, 6-1
#2: Marco Alvarez (COD) susp. Brodie Sodersten (VENT) 6-4, 4-2 (sus.)
#3: Raymundo Chavez (COD) def. Yuya Koide (VENT) 6-1, 6-1
#4: Eita Ishikawa (COD) susp. Sam Ashbrook (VENT) 6-0, 5-4 (sus.)
#5: Jiaxi Ma (COD) susp. Jinsei Tajima (VENT) 6-3, 4-1 (sus.)
#6: Matthew Shaw (COD) susp. Santino Serralonga (VENT) 6-1, 1-6, 2-1 (sus.)

Overall Record: 17-0
IEAC Record: 12-0

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