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After absorbing an
uncharacteristic South Coast Conference loss, the
Cerritos College men's tennis team responded at home
on Tuesday afternoon with a convincing 9-0 win over
El Camino College. The Falcons, who had won 34
consecutive matches over four years, had that streak
snapped last Thursday, but improved to 5-2 on the
season and 2-1 in SCC play with the victory. Next up
is perennial powerhouse and newcomer to the
conference, College of the Desert, as the team faces
the Roadrunners on the road this Thursday.
In the victory
over the Warriors, Cerritos withstood a pair of
three-set matches at the top of the singles ladder,
while they won convincingly the rest of the way.
Using an all-sophomore singles lineup,
Doug
Edwards (Western HS) and
Nik
Bote (Mayfair HS) needed to go
three sets to win. Edwards defeated Tsuyoshi, 6-1,
2-6, 11-9 in the top spot, while Bote was victorious
in his first match of the season at the #2 position,
6-1, 5-7, 10-4.
It was business as
usual the rest of the way with the trio of
Jason Wall
(Lakewood HS),
Carlos
Gomez (Kennedy HS) and
David Sim
(Cerritos HS) all winning, 6-1, 6-0. As for
Matt
Jun (Cerritos HS), he defeated
Jonathan Chin, 6-2. 6-1.
In doubles action, the pairing of
Edwards and Wall reunited for a 6-0, 6-1 win, while
Bote and Gomez shut out Jon Duarte and Tim Kang,
6-0, 6-0. The match was closed out when Jun and
freshman
Will Cho
(Whitney HS) posted a 6-2, 6-2 win in the
#3 position.
Singles
Doug Edwards (CERR) def. Tsuyoshi Nagaoka
(ECC), 6-1, 2-6, 11-9
Nik Bote (CERR) def. Keith Boggero (ECC), 6-1, 5-7, 10-4
Jason Wall (CERR) def. Jon Durarte (ECC), 6-1, 6-0
Carlos Gomez (CERR), def. Tim Kang (ECC), 6-1, 6-0
David Sim (CERR) def. Taylor Neal (ECC), 6-1, 6-0
Matt Jun (CERR) def. Jonathan Chin (ECC), 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
Doug Edwards/Jason Wall (CERR) def. Tsuyoshi Nagaoka/Keith
Boggerro (ECC), 6-0, 6-1
Nik Bote/Carlos Gomez (CERR) def. Jon Duarte/Tim Kang (ECC), 6-0,
6-0
Matt Jun/Will Cho (CERR) def. Taylor Neal/Jonathan Chin
(ECC), 6-2, 6-2 |
