With a 7-2 win against Cerritos College on Feb 28, the men’s tennis team improves  its  record.

Although the Warriors did not have great first sets, they warmed up for the second sets and demonstrated their talent, making them win four out of six singles games.

“They showed a strong mentality,” Steven Van Kanegan, coach said.

“Sometimes they just want to do too much,” Van Kanegan said.

This was a significant victory for Tomoaki Takatsu, freshman, who won both of his sets (6-3) (6-0).

Performances like that one are what Van Kanegan says he wants to see from his players.

“I have to work really hard to get to the top six,” Takatsu said.

He added that the team’s goals come before his personal goals.

Andrew Sarawasi, sophomore, played a difficult game in which he lost the first set (4-6), but came back for the second set (7-5) finally taking the victory in the third set (10-6).

This is the second victory in a row for the men’s tennis team.

Jonathan Cipiti, sophomore, lost his game, but said that he noticed an improvement between this game and the last one against Orange College.

The Warriors will be competing against Cerritos College again on Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Cerritos.