Sophomore Olivia Manheimer (Ironwood Ridge HS) earned wins at No. 1 singles over Sage Schula 6-4, 6-3 and along with No. 1 doubles partner Melina Oropeza (Nogales HS), defeated Isabella Cosenza and Alahzay Rossi 8-6. The No. 24 ranked Aztecs beat No. 22 Mesa 5-4. Photo by Stephanie Van Latum
Sophomore Olivia Manheimer (Ironwood Ridge HS) earned wins at No. 1 singles over Sage Schula 6-4, 6-3 and along with No. 1 doubles partner Melina Oropeza (Nogales HS), defeated Isabella Cosenza and Alahzay Rossi 8-6. The No. 24 ranked Aztecs beat No. 22 Mesa 5-4. Photo by Stephanie Van Latum
Posted: Feb 26, 2020

Manheimer wins singles and doubles matches as Aztecs women's tennis beats Mesa CC

The Pima Community College women's tennis team (1-1) played in some tough matches on Tuesday against No. 22 Mesa Community College.

  • The No. 24 ranked Aztecs defeated the No. 22 Thunderbirds 5-4.
  • In singles competition, sophomore Olivia Manheimer (Ironwood Ridge HS) defeated Sage Schula 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.
  • Sophomore Melina Oropeza (Nogales HS) fell at No. 2 singles to Isabella Cosenza 6-4, 7-5.
  • Freshman Aubree Weik (Walden Grove HS) tied the match with win in the second set but fell to Alahzay Rossi 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 at No. 3 singles.
  • Sophomore Valeria Miranda (Sunnyside HS) took the lead after a first set victory but dropped the next two to Adriana Romero 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 10-3 in their No. 4 singles match.
  • The Aztecs won the No. 5 and No. 6 singles spots by default.
  • Manheimer and Oropeza gutted out a win over Cosenza and Rossi at No. 1 doubles 8-6 while Weik and Miranda lost to Schula and Romero 8-5 at No. 2 doubles. The Aztecs won the No. 3 doubles match by default.

The Aztecs will play at Paradise Valley Community College on Thursday, Mar. 19 for their next ACCAC conference match. First serve will be at 1:30 p.m.