The
Cerritos College men’s
tennis team ran their
South Coast Conference
winning streak to 27
matches in a row with a
convincing 7-0 win over
Long Beach City College
on Tuesday afternoon.
The Falcons, winners of
the last three
conference titles, lost
only four games combined
in five of their six
singles matches, while
the doubles teams
continued to dominate
their opponents. The
Falcons will now host
Mt. San Antonio College
on Thursday at 2:00 p.m.
to start the second
round of conference
play.
The
match opened with
doubles play and
Cerritos introduced a
new pairing. With
freshman
Matt Jun (Cerritos
HS) out with an
injury, freshman
Nik Bote (Mayfair
HS) teamed with
freshman
Kschris Anda (California
HS) for the first
time and responded with
an 8-1 win over Max
Vallejo and Reynold
Tacsuan, which clinched
the team point for the
Falcons. Freshmen
Carlos Gomez (Kennedy
HS) and
David Sim (Cerritos
HS) posted an 8-3
win in the #3 position,
while the top team of
freshmen
Doug Edwards (Western
HS) and
Jason Wall (Lakewood
HS) fought back from
a 5-2 deficit to win six
straight games and post
an 8-5 win over Joe
DeGuzman and Nathan
Bowers.
In
singles action, Edwards
had his hands full with
DeGuzman and was
leading, 6-3, 5-5 when
DeGuzman had to retire
due to an injury. Aside
from Edwards, the
Falcons surrendered only
four games in singles
play, with freshman
Matt Fitzgerald
(Lakewood HS) and
Anda posting 6-0, 6-0
wins in the #5 and #6
positions, respectively.
Wall and Gomez each won
their matches, 6-0, 6-1,
with Sim winning, 6-2,
6-0 in his first match
in the #2 spot.
Singles
Doug
Edwards (CERR) def. Joe
DeGuzman (LBCC), 6-3,
5-5 ret.
David Sim (CERR) def.
Nathan Bowers (LBCC),
6-2, 6-0
Jason Wall (CERR) def.
Max Vallejo (LBCC), 6-0,
6-1
Carlos Gomez (CERR) def.
Reynold Tacsuan (LBCC),
6-0, 6-1
Mike Fitzgerald (CERR)
def. Bryan Millado (LBCC),
6-0, 6-0
Kschris Anda (CERR) def.
Charles Miller (LBCC),
6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Doug
Edwards/Jason Wall (CERR)
def. Joe DeGuzman/Nathan
Bowers (LBCC), 8-5
Nik Bote/Kschris Anda (CERR)
def. Max Vallejo/Reynold
Tacsuan (LBCC), 8-1
Carlos Gomez/David Sim (CERR)
def. Bryan Millado/Andrew
Sykahua (LBCC), 8-3
