The Cerritos College men’s tennis team opened defense of their three straight South Coast Conference titles on Tuesday with a convincing 7-0 win over Mt. San Antonio. The win improved the Falcons record to 8-1 overall and 1-0 in the SCC, while they have now won 25 consecutive conference matches. The team will now host El Camino College at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.

    Falcon head coach Alvin Kim, who has been the coach since the start of the conference winning streak, moved a few players around in singles play, with the team still sweeping past the Mounties. At the top, freshman Doug Edwards (Western HS) shut out James Higuera, 6-0, 6-0, while the trio of freshmen David Sim (Cerritos HS), Mike Fitzgerald (Lakewood HS) and Kschris Anda (California HS) each only lost one game in the three through five positions. Freshman Carlos Gomez (Kennedy HS) improved to 3-0 in the #2 position with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Akira Sawada, with freshman Matt Jun (Cerritos HS) registering a 6-2, 6-2 win at #6.

    In doubles action, the Falcons saw Edwards and freshman Jason Wall (Lakewood HS) shut out their opponents in the top position, with June and freshman Nik Bote (Mayfair HS) posting an 8-5 win. Gomez and Sim closed out the sweep with an 8-2 victory.

SINGLES

Doug Edwards (CERR) def. James Higuera (MSAC), 6-0, 6-0
Carlos Gomez (CERR) def. Akira Sawada (MSAC), 6-3, 6-4
David Sim (CERR) def. Eric Kao (MSAC), 6-1, 6-0
Mike Fitzgerald (CERR) def. James Ho (MSAC), 6-1, 6-0
Kschris Anda (CERR) def. Brian Ho (MSAC), 6-0, 6-1
Matt Jun (CERR) def. Kenny Tran (MSAC), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

Doug Edwards/Jason Wall (CERR) def. James Higuera/Eric Kao (MSAC), 8-0
Matt Jun/Nik Bote (CERR) def. Akira Canada/Kenny Tran (MSAC), 8-5
Carlos Gomez/David Sim (CERR) def. James Ho/Brian Ho (MSAC), 8-2