Eagle Men's Tennis Wins Final Two Duals of Regular Season

The MSJC men's tennis team finished the regular season on Monday as they won their second straight dual match defeating Imperial Valley 5-4.  The Eagles were coming off a 6-3 win last week over Victor Valley.

In the Victor Valley match, the Eagles had to make some adjustments due to missing players, but were able to come away with the 6-3 win.  Anthony Torres-Martinez stepped up and picked up a win in the #1 singles match, he also teamed with Cole Proffitt to win in the #1 doubles spot.  Justin Atas and Connor Westrich also won in doubles giving MSJC the 2-1 lead headed to singles.  Atas, Westrich, and Anthony Walmer joined Torres-Martinez as singles winners on the day to put the match away for the Eagles.

In their final regular season match of the season on Monday the Eagles avenged a loss earlier in the season to Imperial Valley as they won 5-4.  Atas and Proffitt were the only doubles team to notch a victory.  Torres-Martinez and Westrich won at #2 and #4 singles, while Rio Del Valle won his #6 match in a 10-2 tiebreaker to even the team score at 4-4.  The final match to finish on the day was the #5 singles match and it was a tight one, but Walmer pulled out the 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win to secure the Eagles victory.

MSJC finished the regular season 4-11 and 2-9 in conference play.  The Inland Empire Athletic Conference Tournament runs Tuesday through Thursday this week hosted by College of the Desert.