Giving the top singles players the day off, the Cerritos College men's tennis team was still able to post a 5-4 South Coast Conference victory over Mt. San Antonio College on Tuesday. The Falcons (13-3, 5-0) remained in first place in conference play and will host El Camino College at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. After that, they will play four matches in the North/South Tournament at Fresno City College over the weekend.

In the win over the Mounties (3-10, 0-5), freshman Sheldon Hseih (Long Beach Poly HS) catapulted to the #1 singles position for the first time this season and recorded a 6-2, 6-2 win. He has now played in every singles position on the ladder this season.

As a team, the Falcons split the singles matches, and pulled out the win with a pair of doubles victories. Top-ranked Nathan Eshmade (Kings Baptist, Australia HS) and Amadi Kagoma (Malezi School, Kenya HS) handily won, 8-2, as did Hseih and freshman Nicholas Simonelli (Long Beach Wilson HS).

Simonelli also earned a win in singles play with his 7-5, 6-3 win in the #3 position, while freshman Edgar Munoz (Paramount HS) moved to 5-0 on the season with a 7-5, 6-4 victory while playing at #5. Sophomore Mark Herrera (Bosco Tech HS) stepped into the #2 singles spot in the ladder for the first time and extended Aaron Hayes to three sets before losing, 6-2, 4-6, 4-6.

SINGLES 

Sheldon Hseih (CERR) def. Cameron Webber (MSAC), 6-2, 6-2
Aron Hayes (MSAC) def. Mark Herrera (CERR), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Nicholas Simonelli (CERR) def. Andrew Tek (MSAC), 7-5, 6-3
Adrian Peralta (MSAC) def. Simon Graff (CERR), 6-1, 6-1
Edgar Munoz (CERR) def. Sang Kil (MSAC), 7-5, 6-4
Alan Tsai (MSAC) def. Jose Pacquing (CERR), 7-6, 6-4

DOUBLES

Nathan Eshmade/Amadi Kagoma (CERR) def. Cameron Webber/Andrew Tek (MSAC), 8-2
Sheldon Hseih/Nicholas Simonelli (CERR) def. Alan Tsai/Adrian Peralta (MSAC), 8-2
Aaron Hayes/Brandon Ornelas (MSAC) def. Mark Herrera/Milos Zoric (CERR), 8-6