COD (1-0) began their defense of their 2019 CCCAA state championship in Men's Tennis by blocking the Irvine Valley Lasers (0-1), 6-3.

The Roadrunners were the 2019 CCCAA State Champions in Men's Tennis, which was the most recent completed CCCAA Men's Tennis season. When the 2020 season came to an aburpt end, Desert was ranked at the #1 team in the state.

Never to shy away from the most difficult of opponenets, Men's Tennis traveled to Irvine Valley to open up the 2022 season. The last time the Roadrunners took to the court was March 11, 2020.

The next match for College of the Desert Men's Tennis will be on the road in San Jacinto on February 8th at 2p, where they will visit the Mt. San Jacinto Eagles for an Inland Empire Athletic Conference match.

College of the Desert defeated Irvine Valley College, 6-3 in non-Conference play at Irvine Valley College in Irvine.

DOUBLES:

#1: Strode / Chavez (COD) def. Bellegy / Ishida (IVC) 8-4
#2: Shaw / Alvarez (COD) def. Moros / Vargas (IVC) 8-2
#3: Braun Simo / Vandegaer (IVC) def. Ma / Ishikawa (COD) 8-5

SINGLES:

#1: Elijah Strode (COD) def. Arthur Bellegy (IVC) 7-6, 7-6
#2: Marco Alvarez (COD) def. Julio Vargas (IVC) 6-2, 6-3
#3: Peter Vandegaer (IVC) def. Jiaxi Ma (COD) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
#4: Raymundo Chavez (COD) def. Luis Moros (IVC) 6-2, 6-4
#5: Kiichi Ishida (IVC) def. Matthew Shaw (COD) 4-6, 7-6, 10-6
#6: Eita Ishikawa (COD) def. Inaki Braun Simo (IVC) 6-4, 6-3

Overall Record: 1-0
IEAC Record: 0-0

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