Men's tennis team stays in front in the Orange Empire Conference

Men's tennis team stays in front in the Orange Empire Conference

Irvine Valley men's tennis team held its lead in the Orange Empire Conference and remained the top team in Southern Caifornia with a 8-1 win over Fullerton on Thursday at home.

The Lasers won all three doubles matches and five of six in singles contests to improve their record to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in conference.

Irvine Valley has three more regular season matches left.

IVC takes on Riverside at home in a huge match on Tuesday at 2 p.m. Riverside sits one match behind the Lasers in conference play and is ranked No. 3 in So. Cal.

On Thursday, Irvine Valley received wins from freshman Lucas Diaz and Lucas Torres, freshman Patrick Riggs and sophomore Alyan Ashraf and picked up a default in doubles from Fullerton.

In singles, freshman standout Nick Grove won, 6-1, 6-1, Riggs battled to take a 6-1, 6-0, victory at No. 2, Alyan Ashraf won, 6-1, 6-3, on the third court, sophomore Sergio Jardas came out on top, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 4 and IVC picked up another default win on the sixth court.