Over the last three seasons, the Cerritos College men’s tennis team has won the South Coast Conference championship and did so by going undefeated. They opened up the 2008 season with a convincing 8-1 non-conference win at Cypress College on Tuesday afternoon, despite playing without two of their starters. The Falcons (1-0) will now travel to Glendale College on Thursday for another 2:00 p.m. non-conference match.

    With an entirely new team this year, the Falcons still could have swept the Chargers in their first-ever meeting, if not for an injury by #2 singles player Jason Wall, who had to retire despite leading , 6-2, 0-3 at the time of his injury. However, after some treatment, he was able to return for his doubles match with Doug Edwards and they registered an 8-6 victory.

    Edwards, who played in the #1 position, posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory, while Nik Bote (6-0, 6-2), Mike Fitzgerald (6-0, 6-0), Matt Jun (6-2, 6-0) and Kschris Anda (6-2, 6-0) all came away with sweeps.  Along with the pairing of Edwards and Wall, the duo of Bote and Jun (8-0), along with  Fitzgerald and Anda (8-2) came away with strong wins.

    The two missing starters, David Sim and Carlos Gomez, will be available to play on Thursday against Glendale.


SINGLES

1.  Doug Edwards (CERR) def Ben Thompson (CYP), 6-2, 6-1
2.  Jason Wall (CERR) retires vs. Christian Isip (CYP), 6-2, 0-3
3.  Nik Bote (CERR) def Allan Pajo (CYP), 6-0, 6-2
4.  Mike Fitzgerald (CERR) def Tony Huynh (CYP), 6-0, 6-0
5.  Matt Jun (CERR) def Kyle McCain (CYP), 6-2, 6-0
6.  Kschris Anda (CERR) def Raheen Raasikh (CYP), 6-2, 6-0

DOUBLES 

1.  Doug Edwards/Jason Wall (CERR) def Ben Thompson/Christian Isip (CYP), 8-6
2.  Nik Bote/Matt Jun (CERR) def Allan Pajo/Tony Huynh (CYP), 8-0
3.  Mike Fitzgerald/Kschris Anda (CERR) def Kyle McCain/Raheen Raasikh (CYP), 8-2