MEN'S TENNIS: The Pirates' men's tennis team qualified more players for the CCCAA State Championships to be held April 24-27 at The Ojai Tournament on day two of the Western State Conference Championships Saturday at the VC Tennis Center. Vitor Mendes won a pair of matches to advance to the WSC Finals and Matheus Montero came out on top of two matches in the back draw, also punching his ticket to The Ojai. Mendes and Victor Dos Santos won in doubles, headed to the WSC semifinals. The conference tournament will conclude at VC on Friday Apr. 11.
Montero and Dylan Foster won in doubles on Friday, qualifying them for state, but lost by default due to injury Saturday in the quarterfinals. Meanwhile Arthur Da Silva and Daniel Mitchell lost in their bid to qualify for The Ojai through the back draw Saturday.
Mendes will play in the conference finals for the second year in a row, beginning at 12:00 pm on the championship courts of the VC Tennis Center. Mendes and Dos Santos are scheduled to begin their doubles semifinal at 2:00 pm.
The CCCAA State Championships will be held in the Ventura area April 24-27 in conjunction with The Ojai Tournament.