Posted: Feb 04, 2017

Aztecs men's tennis earns sweep over Imperial Valley College

Sophomore Marc Avalos earned svictories in singles and doubles as the Aztecs men's tennis team opened the 2017 season with a sweep over Imperial Valley College. Photo by Ben Carbajal/2016

The Pima Community College men's tennis team (1-0) opened the 2017 season on Saturday against Imperial Valley College at the West Campus.

The Aztecs earned a sweep over the Arabs 9-0 to give Ian Esquer his first win as Pima's head coach.

Sophomore Marc Avalos (Sunnyside HS) defeated Robier Verhofstadt 6-0, 6-2 at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Francisco Ton (Nogales HS) beat Jose Zaragoza at No. 2 singles 6-1, 6-3. Sophomore Dalton Reisig (Catalina Foothills HS) won his match over Greg Gerardo 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles.

Freshman Francisco Sotelo (Cholla HS) earned a clean sweep win at No. 4 singles over Jesus Galeana 6-0, 6-0. Sophomore Raj Singh Kaila (Yuma HS) also swept his way to a win at No. 6 singles over Bryan Vega 6-0, 6-0. Sophomore Jesus Lopez (Canyon del Oro HS) won his match at No. 5 singles over Benjamin Cruz 4-0 (ret.).

In doubles competition, Avalos and Ton beat Verhofstadt and Zaragoza 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1. Reisig and Sotelo beat Gerardo and Galeana 6-0, 6-1 at No.2 doubles and Lopez and Singh Kaila won at No. 3 doubles over Vega and Cruz 6-2, 6-0.

The Aztecs open ACCAC conference play on Tuesday, Feb. 28 as they host Mesa Community College at the West Campus tennis courts. The match begins at 1:30 p.m.