02.02.12 - Team drops match to Ventura
 One
of the better teams in the state each year, the
Ventura College men's tennis team spoiled the home
opener for Cerritos College on Thursday, as they
posted a 7-2 victory. The loss by the Falcons evens
their record at 1-1 on the year, as they now host
another of the state's elite, Mt. San Jacinto
College at 2:00 p.m. next Thursday in a
non-conference match.
Cerritos did receive a strong showing from freshman
#1 singles player,
Chris Nguy
( Cypress HS), who registered a 6-2, 7-5 win
over Dylan Cleary to give the Falcons one of their
team points. However, the remainder of the singles
ladder was controlled by the Pirates. Sophomore
Anthony
Peterson ( Gahr HS) was able to win
four games in the second set, but was defeated, 6-0,
6-4, while sophomore
Kyle Porter
( Lakewood HS) was defeated 6-2, 6-3 in the #3
position...[ more]
01.31.12 - Cerritos opens season with
big win
The Cerritos College men's tennis team opened the
2012 season with a 9-0 non-conference win at Victor
Valley on Tuesday. They will look for their second
win in their home opener on Thursday at 2:00 p.m.
against Ventura College, one of the state's elite
teams.
Leading the way for the Falcons (1-0) was a quartet
of freshmen seeing their first collegiate action. At
the top of the ladder was freshman Chris Nguy
( Cypress HS), who surrendered just two games
in his straight set win. As a team, Cerritos lost
just four games in singles play, with sophomore
Kyle Porter ( Lakewood HS), along with
freshmen Todd Jenkins ( Cabrillo HS)
and Mark Herrera ( Don Bosco Tech HS)
all posting shutout wins...[ more] 05.14.11 - Falcon pair falls short on
ultimate goal
 Looking to be the first Cerritos College men's tennis
doubles team to win the California Community College
Athletic Association championships, sophomores
Derek Siddiqui
(Los Alamitos HS) and
Johnny Chai
(Cerritos HS/UC Riverside) were probably
expecting to play #2-seeded Alex Sarkissian and Trevor
Campbell of Glendale College in the championship match
at Fresno City College this weekend. The Falcon duo,
seeded #1 in Southern California after their win in the
Southern California Championships, were just as shocked
as anyone when Cypress College's Oliver Andrzejczuk and Torsten
Keil-Long posted a 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 win in the other
semi-final to earn the right to face the Cerritos tandem
that handed Rodrigio Shaefer and Sergio Chip of College
of the Desert a 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 decision in their
semi-final match.
The championships pitting Siddiqui and Chai against the Chargers duo would be a re-match of their meeting in the first match of the season, where the Falcon duo posted a 7-6, 6-1 win. However, in the state championship match, Andrzejczuk and Keil-Long prevented Siddiqui and Chai of becoming the first-ever state doubles champion in school history, when they posted a 6-2, 7-5 win...[more]
05.07.11 - Doubles team overcomes
injuries to win championship
 With one of
their players forced to retire in the quarterfinals of
the Southern California Regional singles tournament and
another held out altogether, it would only make sense
that the duo would overcome those obstacles to capture
the Southern California Doubles championship for the
first time in Cerritos College men's tennis history.
Sophomores
Derek Siddiqui (Los
Alamitos HS) and
Johnny Chai
(Cerritos HS/UC Riverside) defeated #1-ranked
Alex Sarkissian and Trevor Campbell of Glendale College
in the finals, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday at College of
the Desert. The pair, who were ranked #2 for the
Southern California Regional Tournament, will enter the
state championships next weekend at Fresno City College
as the #1-ranked team from Southern California.
Siddiqui, who was ranked #2 in singles play, easily won
his first two singles matches on Friday, and was leading
Ventura College's Sean Levesque, 3-2 in the first set of
their quarterfinal match. However, still feeling the
effects of a nagging injury that stemmed from the Ojai
Tournament the week before, Siddiqui was forced to
retire. At the Ojai Tournament, Siddiqui easily defeated
Levesque, 6-1, 6-1 in the quarterfinals, and will be
ranked #4 at the state tournament...[more] |
