UC Irvine’s Hing and Yates Earn Tennis Wins at Ojai

UC Irvine singles players Bruce Man Son Hing and Darren Yates each won two matches Thursday in the first day of the Ojai tournament. Man Son Hing defeated Westmont’s Greg Nations, 6-4, 6-2, and UC San Diego’s John Mapes, 7-5, 6-2. Yates defeated Westmont’s Jim Sephans, 6-4, 7-6, and Redlands’ John Flagg, 6-4, 6-2.

Man Son Hing will meet San Jose State’s Mark Murphy today in the second day of the four-day tournament, and Yates will play Fresno State’s Jean LeClerq.

In the open division, UCI’s Art Hernandez defeated USC’s John Simerson, 7-6, 6-1, and will play UCLA’s Ken Diller today, while UCI’s Mike Downs lost to UCLA’s Pat Galbraith, 6-0, 7-5.

In women’s intercollegiate competition, UCI’s Stephanie Rhorer defeated Chapman’s Deann Moore, 6-0, 6-0, and Cal State Los Angeles’ Edna Olivarez, 6-1, 6-0, to advance to the third round.