Posted: Mar 19, 2019

Aztecs men's tennis close matches seal win over Glendale CC

Freshmen Oscar Aguilera (foreground) and Edgar Franco earned three of Pima's five wins on the day in singles and doubles competition as the Aztecs beat Glendale Community College 5-4. The Aztecs evened up their record at 1-1. Photo by Stephanie Van Latum

The Pima Community College men's tennis team (1-1) evened up its record on Tuesday after earning an ACCAC conference win at Glendale Community College.

The Aztecs earned some close wins as they downed the Gauchos 5-4.
Freshman Darin Trejo (St. David HS) won a huge three-set match at No. 5 singles as he beat Landon Strickland 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.
The freshman duo of Oscar Aguilera and Edgar Franco (Cibola HS) defeated James and Christian Mineo 9-7 at No. 2 doubles.
Aguilera defeated James Mineo in their No. 2 singles match 6-1, 6-1 while Franco downed David Rodriguez 6-3, 6-2 in their No. 4 singles match.
Sophomore Chris McDaniels (Tanque Verde HS) avoided a third set as he beat Francisco Angulo 6-2, 6-4.
McDaniels and No. 1 doubles partner Beau Boyer (Cibola HS) fell in their match to Angulo and Rodriguez 8-4. Boyer lost his No. 3 singles match 6-0, 6-2 to Christian Mineo.
The Aztecs were forced to forfeit their No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles matches.

The Aztecs will return to the West Campus Aztec Tennis Courts on Thursday when they host Paradise Valley Community College. The match begins at 1:30 p.m.