Re-Cap of 3/26/08 Match: Banning vs. Narbonne

Congratulations to the Boys Tennis Team for their exciting 5-2 victory over Narbonne yesterday.  The win was only the second time that the Pilots have beaten the Gauchos in perhaps the last 20 matches, and ended Narbonne’s 2-game win streak over Banning.

In Singles, #4 Will Guzman & #2 Fernando Moncloa both produced strong performances in winning their singles matches in straight sets.  Moncloa won 6-4, 6-4 in an extremely tight contest, in perhaps his best match ever.

After easily taking their first set, #2 Doubles, Rozairo Miralles & John Ngo, wound up needing 3 sets to close out their opponents, but still came out triumphant in the end.  #1 Doubles, Andres Suarez & Jon Melgar, needed 3 sets as well, but had to fight back from a 1^st–set deficit.  They did so, by dominating the 2^nd-set 6-1 & quickly building a 4-1 lead in the 3^rd.  The Gauchos, however, would not go away, and tied them at 4-4, and again at 5-5 forcing extra games.  After an amazing shot by Melgar, that forced him to tip-toe to avoid touching the net in the most exciting point of the day, they would dominate the 12^th game, breaking their opponents at luv, to hold on for a 7-5 win.

#3 Doubles, Hernan Suarez & Ricardo Zaragoza almost had the perfect match, with a 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of their opponents, in a surprisingly dominant performance.

In exhibition play, the Pilots were perfect winning all 4 contests played, led by #1 Doubles Gabriel Hernandez & Ignacio Torres who won 8-4.