Ou, Mantelman and Boyer advance to the finals at Region I Championships
The Pima Community College men's tennis team advanced in four flights after the first day of competition at the Region I Championships on Tuesday at the Paseo Racquet Center in Glendale.
The Aztecs won three singles and one doubles match.
Sophomore Tomothy Ou earned a shutout win over Abdella Mohammed from Glendale Community College 6-0, 6-0 in his No. 1 singles match.
Freshman Scott Mantelman earned his victory at No. 3 singles over Glendale's Charlie Zwolsman 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinal round.
Ou and Mantelman won their No. 1 doubles semifinal match over Tyler Peters and Victor Tuncap from Paradise Valley Community College 6-4, 6-1.
Freshman Beau Boyer (Cibola HS) bounced back after dropping a tight first set as he went on to defeat Jonah Steffen from Paradise Valley Community College 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Freshman Chris McDaniels (Tanque Verde HS) won the first set in his No. 4 singles match but fell to Glendale's Jared McMurdie 6-7, 7-6, 6-4. Freshman Johnathan Wu fell to Bruno Deschamps from Glendale 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles. Sophomore Francisco Sotelo (Cholla HS) dropped his match at No. 2 singles to Gergo Rendek from Mesa Community College 6-0, 6-0.
In other doubles competition, Sotelo and Wu fell to Sala Frigeri and Yohann Prinsen from Mesa 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2 doubles. McDaniels and Boyer lost to Michael and Ben Gardiner from Paradise Valley Community College in their No. 3 doubles match 6-2, 6-4.
The final matches will be held on Wednesday at the Paseo Racquet Center starting at 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday's match-ups (Finals)
No. 1 singles: Tomothy Ou (Pima) vs. Jorge Sala Frigeri (Mesa Community College)
No. 3 singles: Scott Mantelman (Pima) vs. Artur Etzberger (Mesa Community College)
No. 6 singles: Beau Boyer (Pima) vs. Jeffery Martin (Mesa Community College)
No. 1 doubles: Ou/Mantelman (Pima) vs. Gergo Rendek/Jeffery Martin (Mesa Community College)