Men’s tennis: Pirates fall to IVC

IRVINE - The Orange Coast College men’s tennis team won only one

singles and doubles match en route to a 7-2 Orange Empire Conference loss

to host Irvine Valley Tuesday.

Marcel Brouwer won in singles, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6, while in doubles, the team

of Zohrab Vartanian and Chris Morales prevailed, 8-6, for OCC (7-4, 3-3

in conference).

OCC will take on Riverside on the road Thursday at 2 p.m.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Irvine Valley 7, Orange Coast 2

Singles - Brouwer (OCC) def. Flores, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6; Chemitiganti (OCC)

lost to Beacham, 6-3, 4-6, 6-7; Wei (OCC) lost to Spaulding, 1-6, 1-6;

Vartanian (OCC) lost to Endozo, 4-6, 1-6; Luu (OCC) lost to Kim, 1-6,

3-6; Morales (OCC) lost to Pinto, 0-6, 1-6.

Doubles - Brouwer-Wei (OCC) lost to Spaulding-Beacham, 4-8;

Chemitiganti-Luu (OCC) lost to Kim-McCormack, 6-8; Vartanian-Morales

(OCC) def. Baker-Jakuboric, 8-6.