Women's tennis team gets its third win of the season

Women's tennis team gets its third win of the season

Irvine Valley's women's tennis team earned its third win of the season with a 7-2 victory over El Camino on the road on Thursday.

The Lasers won five of six matches in singles and two of three in doubles to improve their record to 3-1 on the year.

Freshman Halla Alajeely stayed unbeaten at No. 1 singles for the Lasers with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Stephanie Kingham.

Irvine Valley also got singles wins from sophomore Fiorella Dreux at the third spot, freshman Anna Krechetova at the fourth position, freshman Abigail Perez at No. 5 and sophomore Lauren MacDonnell at the sixth position.

Krechetova, Perez and MacDonnell each won in straight sets with MacDonnell not giving up a game.

Dreux came back to win her match. She dropped the first set to Madi Giese, but rallied to win, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8.

In doubles, Irvine Valley got an 8-3 win from freshman Ariana Hedayati and Perez at No. 2 and an 8-1 victory from Krechetova and MacDonnell at No. 3.

Irvine Valley plays again on Friday, hosting Mesa Community College from Arizona.

Singles

1) Halla Alajeely (IVC) def. Stephanie Kingham (EC) 6-0,6-0

2) Lina Ito (EC) def. Ariana Hedayati (IVC), 3-0 retired

3) Fiorella Dreux (IVC) def. Madi Giese (EC), 3-6, 6-4, (10-8)

4) Anna Krechetova (IVC) def. Amanda Vitanachi (EC), 6-0, 6-3  

5) Abigail Perez (IVC) def. Paola Portables (EC), 6-1, 6-1

6) Lauren MacDonnell (IVC) def. Danielle Wagner (EC), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

1) Giese/Ito (EC) def. Alajeely/Dreux (IVC), 8-6

2) Hedayati/Perez (IVC) def. Portables/Kingham (EC), 8-3

3) Krechetova/MacDonnell (IVC) def. Vitanachi/Wagner (EC), 8-1