COD Men’s Tennis will host #7 Santa Barbara City 4/5 @ 2p in SoCal Quarterfinals

COD Men's Tennis has claimed the top seed and the road to the State Finals in Bakersfield for Southern California will be through Palm Desert after the defending State Champs won their 23rd Conference Title.

You can find the complete CCCAA SoCal Regionals bracket here: https://www.cccaasports.org/sports/mten/2021-22/files/2022_CCCAA_Tennis_Brackets.pdf

State Playoffs Ticket Prices are as follows: General Admission is $12. Faculty, Staff, Children Under 12, Adults 60+ & Students w/ Valid A.S. card are $8. The game will take place on the campus of College of the Desert and will begin on April 5th at 2 p.m.

Under the tutelage of head coach Guy Fritz, the #1 seeded Roadrunners Men's Tennis team ended the 2022 season claiming their 23rd Conference championship and the Inland Empire Athletic Conference (IEAC) Coach of the Year award for the Desert head coach.

Fritz, who led the Roadrunners from 1990-2000, guiding Desert to seven CCCAA State Titles during that time and a National Championship in 1998, directing this year's squad to a perfect 14-0 overall record and a 12-0 conference record. They were rewarded with the top seed in the Southern California Regional Playoffs.

Desert will face off with a Santa Barbara City Vaqueros team that finished the regular season with a record of 4-4, the Vaqueros ended the 2022 season tied for second in the Western State Conference (WSC) with a record of 3-3. The Vaqueros did not have a team singles or doubles which got into the semifinals of the WSC Tournament.

Santa Barbara City finished the 2019 season in third place of the WSC-West with a record of 3-4, with an overall record of 5-11. This is the Vaqueros first trip to the playoffs since the program was added in the 2016 season. The Vaqueros are coached by Nathan Jackmon.

The winner of Tuesday's first-round contest will advance to face the winner of No. 6 Glendale Vaqueros and No. 3 Irvine Valley Lasers on Tuesday, April 12. Three wins are needed to advance to the CCCAA State Team Final on April 23rd at the Bakersfield Racquet Club in Bakersfield.

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