2015 Men's Tennis News
Irvine Valley has two teams battle for the CCCAA Men's Tennis state doubles title with the eighth-seeded duo of Valentin Baize and Max Rumeau topping teammates Guillermo Ucelay and Simon Guillin, 6-4, 6-1 in the final in Ojai on Sunday.
The Lasers, who finished as the runner-up last year, defeat Foothill, 5-2, on Wednesday at the Pierpont Club in Ventura for the first ever tennis title in program history. IVC finished its dual team season with a record of 18-1.
Top-seeded Irvine Valley beats No. 2 College of the Desert, 5-0, in the CCCAA dual team Southern California regional playoff final on Saturday at home. IVC will take on Foothill next Wednesday in Ventura for the state title.
Irvine Valley, the top seed, started the CCCAA team regional playoffs with a 5-0 win over Grossmont on Tuesday at home. IVC takes all three doubles matches and then gets wins from Carson Williams and Bruno Figlia in singles.
The Irvine Valley men's tennis team is the Orange Empire Conference champion for the second year in a row.
Irvine Valley, which is ranked No. 1 in Southern California and is the defending conference champion, earned at least a share of this year's title with a 9-0 victory at home over Cypress on Friday.
For Orange Coast College men's tennis standout, Elmer van Butselaar, the road to Costa Mesa began all the way from Rhenen, The Netherlands, where he began playing tennis at the age of 12.