Men's Tennis Earns Doubles Win in Home Opener

SANTA BARBARA – The SBCC men's tennis team held its home season opener hosting Bakersfield on Thursday, highlighted by a doubles win from Menno Raeymaekers and Arnaud Vangenechten.

A solid performance by the sophomore duo on court one saw it go ahead 7-4 before the Renegade (3-1) team of Lucas Specht and Brett Yackovich came back to make it 7-6.  Raeymakers served a high percentage on first serves, closing out an 8-6 win.

The Vaqueros will have their next three contests at home, starting on Thursday, Mar. 2 against Glendale at 2:00 p.m.

SBCC 8, Fullerton 1

Doubles:
1. Raeymaekers/Vangenechten (SBCC) def. Specht/Yackovich (BAKE), 8-6
2. Lauinger/Nguyen (BAKE)
3. Jimenez/Gimena (BAKE) win

Singles:
1. Alexander Lauinger (BAKE) def. Menno Raeymaekers (SBCC), 6-0, 6-0
2. Lucas Specht (BAKE) def. Arnaud Vangenechten (SBCC), 6-0, 6-1
3. Sage Nguyen (BAKE) def. Daniel Truong (SBCC), 6-3, 6-3
4. Moses Jimenez (BAKE) def. Tim Braun (SBCC), 6-2, 6-2
5. Brett Yackovich (BAKE) def. Santiago Maldonado (SBCC), 6-1, 6-3
6. Clarjerson Gimena (BAKE) win