With their 9-0 win over visiting College of the Desert on Thursday afternoon, the Cerritos College men's tennis team moved into sole possession of first place in the South Coast Conference. The Falcons (13-1, 4-0), winners of their last 11 matches, will remain ranked #2 in Southern California when the next ITA poll is released. The team's lone loss this season was to #1-ranked Irvine Valley College. Cerritos will now host NCAA Division III Case Western Reserve (OH) University, who is 6-1 on the season. They will play at 3:00 p.m. next Tuesday.

Playing their first of six straight home matches, the Falcons breezed through their win against the Roadrunners, who only had five players, which resulted in forfeits in the #6 singles and #3 doubles matches.

Three of the singles matches were 6-0, 6-0 win by Cerritos, and were turned in by sophomore Mark Antoniuk (W. 124 School, Russia), freshman Kyle Konishi (Mayfair HS) and freshman Derik Dizon (Mayfair HS). In the #4 match, sophomore David Evans (Long Beach Wilson HS) earned a 6-1, 6-1 win, while freshman Aleks Trifunovic (Katrinelunds Gymnasium, Sweden) played in the #1 position and earned a 6-2, 6-3 win.

In doubles action, the Falcons earned a pair of 8-0 wins, with Trifunovic and Antoniuk pairing up, as did Konishi and Dizon.

SINGLES

Aleks Trifunovic (CERR) def. Julien Bettonville (COD), 6-2, 6-3
Mark Antoniuk (CERR) def. Diego Zamora (COD), 6-0, 6-0
Kyle Konishi (CERR) def. Levi Renteria (COD), 6-0, 6-0
David Evans (CERR) def. Marcus Simon (COD), 6-1, 6-1
Derik Dizon (CERR) def. Enrique Martinez (COD), 6-0, 6-0
Edgar Munoz (CERR) win by default

DOUBLES

Aleks Trifunovic/Mark Antoniuk (CERR) def. Levi Renteria/Julien Bettonville (COD), 8-0
Kyle Konishi/Derik Dizon (CERR) def. Diego Zamora/Marcus Simon (COD), 8-0
Eliot Dota/Edgar Munoz (CERR) win by forfeit

Photos by Daryl Peterson