Irvine Valley men's tennis team earns at least share of OEC title

Irvine Valley's men's tennis team earned at least a share of the Orange Empire Conference title on Friday with an easy 9-0 win over Cypress.

The Lasers, ranked No. 1 in Southern California, will go after the title outright when they host second-place Saddleback on Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Irvine Valley, which is the defending conference champion, defeated Saddleback, 7-2, the first time the two squads met at Saddleback this season.

With Friday's win, Irvine Valley improved its record to 13-1 overall and 9-0 in conference.

The 9-0 win was Irvine Valley's sixth shutout in conference play.

The Lasers dominated throughout, winning all five singles matches that were played in straight sets over Cypress.

In fact, IVC dropped just one game in the five matches.

Freshmen Carson Williams, Bruno Figlia and Stan Gavoty and sophomore Max Rumeau each won, 6-0, 6-0.

Freshman Scott Paz won his match, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 3 singles.

IVC freshman Luis Castillo earned a default at No. 6 singles.

In doubles, Irvine Valley also breezed.

Williams and Rumeau won, 8-0, at the No. 1 position and Figlia and Paz won, 8-0, at the No. 2 spot.

Castillo and Gavoty got a default victory at No. 3 doubles.

Tuesday's match with Saddleback will mark the end of the regular season for Irvine Valley.

The Lasers will then have a two-week break before starting the Orange Empire Conference finals.

Irvine Valley def. Cypress, 9-0

Singles

1) Carson Wiliams (IVC) def. Brandon Tran(CYP), 6-0, 6-0

2) Bruno Figlia (IVC) def. AJ Panis (CYP), 6-0, 6-0

3) Scott Paz(IVC) def. Martin Nguyen (CYP), 6-1, 6-0

4) Max Rumeau (IVC) def. Stanley Ottorema (CYP), 6-0, 6-0

5) Stan Gavoty (IVC) def. Nghia Tran (CYP), 6-0, 6-0

6) Luis Castillo (IVC) won by default

Doubles

1) Williams/Rumeau (IVC) def. Panis/B. Tran (CYP), 8-0

2) Figlia/Paz (IVC) def. Ottorema/Nguyen (CYP), 8-0

3) Castillo/Gavoty (IVC) won by default