Starting to gain momentum as the season progresses, the Cerritos College men's tennis opened Western State Conference East Division play with a 9-0 shutout win over El Camino College. The Falcons (4-1, 1-0), winners of three matches in a row, will travel to Victor Valley College next Thursday for another conference match.

Doubles play netted three team points for Cerritos, which included an 8-0 win in the #2 spot from freshman Arthur Toledo (Goliath Academy, FL) and sophomore Bruno Duarte (Centro Educacional Rogêdo, Brazil), while the #1 pair of freshman Lucas Legrand (Marie, France) and sophomore Jan Simon (Gymnasium Auf Der Karthause, Germany/Cypress College) posted an 8-1 victory.

The Falcons also won all six singles matches in straight sets, which included a 6-0, 6-0 shutout for Toledo in the #1 position. Only dropping one game, freshman Stevan Quintanar (Cerritos HS) posted a 6-0, 6-1 win in the #5 spot, while the duo of Duarte and sophomore Tomas Bella (Colegio Mallinckrodt, Argentina/Cypress College) surrendered just a pair of games.

SINGLES
Arthur Toledo (CERR) def. Connor Davis (ECC), 6-0, 6-0
Bruno Duarte (CERR) def. Trey Vasquez (ECC), 6-0, 6-2
Jan Simon (CERR) def. Hollard Choi (ECC), 6-4, 6-1
Lucas Legrand (CERR) def. Andre Dinh (ECC), 6-2, 6-1
Stevan Quintanar (CERR) def. Stephen Whitman (ECC), 6-0, 6-1
Tomas Bella (CERR) def. Casey Cook (ECC), 6-1, 6-1

DOUBLES
Lucas Legrand/Jan Simon (CERR) def. Trey Vasquez/Hollard Choi (ECC), 8-1
Arthur Toledo/Bruno Duarte (CERR) def. Connor Davis/Stephen Whitman (ECC), 8-0
Stevan Quintanar/Nico De La Pena (CERR) def. Andre Dinh/Sietaro Tarracka (ECC), 8-4