{"id":262412,"date":"2026-04-11T08:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262412\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T08:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T08:15:20","slug":"mens-tennis-5-0-blowout-the-renegade-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/262412\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Tennis 5-0 Blowout \u2013 The Renegade Rip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bakersfield College men\u2019s tennis team opened the postseason with a dominant 5-0 victory over Orange Coast College on Tuesday, April 7, advancing to the second round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Renegades set the tone early in doubles play, sweeping all three matches to secure a 3-0 lead. At No. 1 doubles, Axl M. Lagon Gonzaga and Shang En Kao battled through the day\u2019s most competitive match, grinding out an 8-6 win. The pair maintained their composure and stay focused in the closing games to secure a victory. Meanwhile, the No. 2 team consisting of Mateusz Lipczynski and Orlando Vankan cruised to an 8-0 shutout, while No. 3 doubles pair Zeb Duket and Chin-Chang Wu followed with a solid 8-3 win to complete the sweep.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-10-at-12.18.56-PM.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-small wp-image-4025701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-10-at-12.18.56-PM-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\"  \/><\/a>Zeb Duket with a sharp serve in his singles match. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therip.com\/staff_profile\/kelly-gutierrez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Gutierrez<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With momentum on their side, the Renegades needed only two singles wins to clinch the match. Due to an adjusted lineup, Zeb Duket moved up to No. 4 singles and delivered a dominant performance. He won convincingly in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0, to secure one of the two needed victories for BC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly after, another Renegade added to the tally, clinching the team win before all matches were completed. With the overall result decided, coaches from both teams agreed to halt the remaining matches to avoid unnecessary risk of injury after No.2 singles player Axl Gonzaga already had to play with an injured shoulder through his games.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before play was stopped, several other Renegades showed strong performances in singles. Orlando Vankan won his first set after building a steady lead, while Mateusz Lipczynski maintained control of his match from the start.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therip.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-10-at-12.18.26-PM.png\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-small wp-image-4025700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-10-at-12.18.26-PM-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"  \/><\/a>Axl Gonzaga and player from Orange Coast shaking hands in a sportsmanlike way after their close game was cut short. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.therip.com\/staff_profile\/kelly-gutierrez\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Gutierrez<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The early conclusion left Bakersfield College with a decisive 5-0 win, highlighting the team\u2019s depth and relentlessness.With the victory, the Renegades advance to the second round of postseason play, and will host Glendale College Tuesday, April 14 according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gogades.com\/sports\/mten\/2025-26\/releases\/20260406nmgbns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gogades<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bakersfield College men\u2019s tennis team opened the postseason with a dominant 5-0 victory over Orange Coast College&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":{"0":"post-262412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bakersfield","8":"tag-bakersfield","9":"tag-bakersfield-headlines","10":"tag-bakersfield-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}