College of the Desert took the first three doubles points on Saturday and went on to defeat SBCC 6-3 in a men's tennis match at Pershing Park.
The Vaqueros (0-2) won the last three singles matches. Albert Chami won in straight sets (6-4, 6-1) at No. 4, Sebastian Moenster downed Joau Prado (6-4, 4-1, retired) at No. 5 and Johannes Bunse won a marathon at No. 6, beating Marcus Simon 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 (super tiebreaker).
"Sebastian's win at No. 5 was a great match," said first-year coach Chris McBride. "He was down and came back to win the first set, then took a commanding lead in the second before his opponent had to retire."
The Roadrunners (1-1) are coached by former SBCC women's coach Ken Thomas.
The Vaqueros will travel to Norwalk to take on Cerritos on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Singles
1. Kyryll Kryvchurn, COD, def. Guillaume Daurelle 6-1, 6-3
2. Dimitrije Vukovic, COD, def. Arthur Scharff 6-3, 6-4
3. Brian Johnson, COD, def. Pierre Alexandre Fumat 6-3, 7-6
4. Albert Chami, SBCC, def. Jakob Dvorken 6-1, 6-4
5. Sebastian Moenster, SBCC, def. Joau Prado 6-4, 4-1, retired
6. Johannes Bunse, SBCC, def. Marcus Simon 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 (tiebreaker)
Doubles
1. Kryvchurn/Johnson, COD, def. Daurelle/Fumat 9-7
2. Dvorken/Prado, COD, def. Scharff/Chami 8-5
3. Vukovic/Simon, COD, def. Moenster/Bunse 8-3