ARC men's tennis took a trip south to the central valley to take on Porterville and College of the Sequoias. Photo courtesy of American River College Athletics

SACRAMENTO REGION, CA (MPG) – ARC men's tennis took a trip south to the central valley to take on Porterville and College of the Sequoias.

Against Porterville, Tijme Brunner stepped up to the #1 position and won in dominant fashion by the score of 6-1, 6-2 against the Porterville #1, Knautilus Vankham. Rudy Golen was even more dominating at #2 against Samuel Campos, winning without dropping a single game. 

AJ Dipoetra stepped into the lineup and also earned a 6-0, 6-0 victory. On Day 2 of the trip the Beavers took on the # 7 team in NorCal, The College of the Sequoias Giants. It was another one-sided victory for ARC, winning the dual match 9-0.

The Giants competed well, pushing ARC at the #1 doubles position, with the Beaver team of Landon Arendt/Tijme Brunner closed out a 9-7 victory after a hard-fought battle. In the singles, ARC put in their best performance of the season, beating the competitive COS players at each position without any Beaver player dropping more than 4 games.

Arendt beat a tough opponent, Robert Dan, at the #1 spot by the score of 6-0, 6-4. Carson Parent dropped the fewest amount of games at #6, winning by the score of 6-0, 6-1.