The Cerritos College men's tennis team saw their 11-match winning streak come to an end on Friday, as Division III power Amherst (MA) College posted a 6-3 win. The Jeffs (15-2) are making a West Coast swing and split their squad into four teams and have been playing all over Southern California. The Falcons (12-3) resume South Coast Conference play on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. when they host Mt. San Antonio College.
The match started with doubles and Cerritos was leading in all three, but ended up winning just one of them. Top doubles team Nathan Eshmade (Kings Baptist, Australia HS) and Amadi Kagoma (Malezi School, Kenya HS) were able to come away with an 8-5 win. However, the other two doubles teams went on to suffer 8-6 defeats.
Straight set wins by both Eshmade and Kagoma accounted for the other two points for the Falcons, as the duo remained undefeated on the year in both singles and doubles. Had Cerritos been able to pull off the doubles wins, they would have won the match. All four singles losses were in straight sets.
SINGLES
Nathan Eshmade (CERR) def. Russell Einbinder (AMH), 6-1, 7-5
Amadi Kagoma (CERR) def. Ben Fife (AMH), 6-2, 6-1
Eli Mlaver (AMH) def. Nicholas Simonelli (CERR), 6-1, 6-2
Carlos de Bracamonte (AMH) def. Sheldon Hseih (CERR), 6-1, 6-3
Birk Mitau (AMH) def. Mark Herrera (CERR), 6-3, 6-1
Karan Bains (AMH) def. Simon Graff (CERR), 6-2, 6-2
DOUBLES
Nathan Eshmade/Amadi Kagoma (CERR) def. Russell Einbinder/Carlos de Bracamonte (AMH), 8-5
Karan Bains/Eli Mlaver (AMH) def. Nicholas Simonelli/Sheldon Hseih (CERR), 8-6
Ben Fife/Birk Mitau (AMH) def. Mark Herrera/Milos Zoric (CERR), 8-6
Photos by Daryl Peterson
M. Tennis: Falcons drop 6-3 decision to Division III school
The doubles team of Amadi Kagoma and Nathan Eshmade posted wins in both singles and doubles against Amherst (MA) College
Posted: Mar 21, 2014
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