Beavers go 2-1 on Fresno Trip, Move Win Streak to 13 Straight Against Community Colleges

ARC Men’s Tennis traveled to Fresno to play Fresno Pacific University (NCAA DII) and two community college teams, Fresno City and Reedley. ARC fell short in a very competitive match against FPU by the score of 5-2. The wins for ARC came from Ravi Nelson, in a very strong performance, at #2 singles and DJ Sobrepena at #6 singles. Nelson won the first 11 games before Josh Wong (FPU) was able to break and hold to sneak out two games before Nelson closed it out 6-0, 6-2. Sobrepena also took the first set routinely, but things got tight in the second set, with Sobrepena closing it out in a tiebreak for the 6-2, 7-6(4) victory. Zac Prince (#3) also had a great match, narrowly falling to Martin Ramirez (FPU) 3-6, 7-6(10), 10-4. The Beavers were short-handed for the match, losing one of their top players, Robin Sharma, to a foot injury before the match.

Against the community college competition, ARC pushed their winning streak to 13 against community college teams, which dates back to pre-COVID in 2020. Playing Fresno City first, and then Reedley, both matches were 9-0 victories for the Beavers, without a single player dropping more than a single game in any single set of the 18 overall individual matches.

ARC will play their first conference competition against Folsom Lake College at home on Tuesday, February 22