Men's tennis team shuts out Saddleback

Men's tennis team shuts out Saddleback

Irvine Valley's men's tennis team won its seventh straight match Tuesday afternoon.

And the Lasers did it in a big way.

Irvine Valley shut out Saddleback for the first time in school history.

The Lasers beat the Gauchos, 9-0, at Saddleback in an Orange Empire Conference contest.

Irvine Valley improved its record to 8-1 overall and 4-0 in conference.

IVC also handed Saddleback its first loss in conference play.

The Lasers won all six singles matches in straight sets in the win over Saddleback.

IVC players dropped a combined 14 games in the 12 sets.

Freshman Guillermo Ucelay defeated Jeff Gelman, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 1 singles and freshman Simon Guillin beat Jon Pulido, 6-2, 6-1, at no. 2 singles for IVC.

IVC sophomore James Lafond (No. 4 singles) and freshman Thomas Gibson (No. 6 singles) each won their matches, 6-0, 6-0.

The first two doubles matches were tougher.

But IVC's team of Ucelay and Guillin earned a 8-4 win at No. 1 doubles and the team of sophomore James Lafond and freshman Austin Do earned a 9-7 victory at No. 2 doubles for IVC.

The team of Gibson and freshman Jack Divorty won, 8-1, at No. 3 doubles.

Irvine Valley plays again on Thursday, hosting Orange Coast in a conference match at 2 p.m.

Singles

1) Guillermo Ucelay (IVC) def. Jeff Gelman (SC), 6-1, 6-1

2) Simon Guillin (IVC) def. Jon Pulido (SC), 6-2, 6-1

3) Steven Le (IVC) def. Ryan Mariano (SC), 6-4, 6-1

4) James Lafond (IVC) def. Ethan Muskins (SC), 6-0, 6-0

5) Kevin Pham (IVC) def. Rob Wall (SC), 6-3, 6-1

6) Thomas Gibson (IVC) def. Wally Reza (SC), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1) Ucelay/Guillin  (IVC) def. Mariano/Gelman (SC), 8-4

2) Lafond/Austin Do (IVC) def. Gelman/Wall (SC), 9-7

3) Gibson/Jack Divorty (IVC) def. Muskins/Chris Jones, 8-1