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Photo by
Juan Velez.
The Cerritos Men's Tennis team
suffered its first lost in five years
Thursday. |
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It lasted 34
consecutive matches, but the Cerritos College men's
tennis team finally suffered a South Coast
Conference loss. Over the last four seasons, the
Falcons were undefeated in conference play until
Tuesday afternoon when conference newcomer Mt. San
Jacinto College came in and defeated the Falcons,
5-4. The loss drops the team's record to 4-2 on the
year, while they are 1-1 in conference action.
Cerritos will now travel to El Camino College next
Tuesday for a 2:00 p.m. conference match.
The loss to the
Eagles went down to the final match of the day, the
#3 doubles match. In that, sophomores
Matt Jun
(Cerritos HS) and
Carlos
Gomez (Kennedy HS) opened with
a 6-3 win over Kenny Hotchkiss and Richard Tetteh.
However, the Mt. San Jac duo came back to win the
next two sets, 6-4, 10-5 to secure the win for the
Eagles.
After the teams
split their six singles matches, Cerritos saw their
newly formed #1 doubles team of sophomores
Nik Bote
(Mayfair HS) and
Jason Wall
(Lakewood HS) get defeated, 4-6, 5-7, while
the other new team of sophomore
Doug
Edwards (Western HS) and
freshman
Tim Lee
(Whitney HS) posted a 6-4, 6-3 win. That
win almost didn't happen, as Lee was continuing to
fight off the effects of the illness that forced him
to retire from his #2 singles match to Taylor Witt.
Wall faced yet
another three-set match for the fifth time in six
matches this season. After dropping the first set,
7-6 (6), Wall came back for a 6-4 win in the #3
position against Bruno Reich. But, in the third set
Wall was defeated, 11-9. Winning in singles play for
the Falcons were Bote (6-3, 6-3), Gomez (6-3, 3-6,
11-9) and sophomore
David Sim
(Cerritos HS), who posted a 6-2, 6-0 win in
the #6 position.
Singles
Emmanuel Mensah (MSJAC) def. Doug Edwards
(CERR), 7-5, 6-1
Taylor Witt (MSJAC) def. Tim Lee (CERR), 7-6
(4), Retired
Bruno Reich (MSJAC) def. Jason Wall (CERR), 7-6 (6),
4-6, 11-9
Nik Bote (CERR) def. Carlos Marquez (MSJAC), 6-3, 6-3
Carlos Gomez (CERR) def. Richard Tetteh (MSJAC), 6-3,
3-6, 11-9
David Sim (CERR) def. Tyler Park (MSJAC), 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
Emmanuel Mensah/Taylor Witt (MSJAC)
def. Nik Bote/Jason Wall (CERR), 6-4, 7-5
Doug Edwards/Tim Lee (CERR) def. Carlos Marquez/Bruno
Reich (MSJAC), 6-4, 6-3
Kenny Hotchkiss/Richard Tetteh (MSJAC) def. Matt
Jun/Carlos Gomez (CERR), 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 |
