Coming off a dominating victory last week, the men’s tennis team won again in convincing fashion, beating Long Beach City, 7-0, Thursday.

The next match for the men’s tennis team will be against a very tough Cerritos team that is considered among the upper tier of teams.

Each player won his respective match, including Clark Coble’s 6-2, 6-2 and Tsuyoshi Nagaoko’s 6-2, 6-0 single’s victories.

“I think they did well; they played very well,” Keith Boggero, first-year player, said.

Steve VanKanegan, tennis coach, said he cannot gauge how good his team is just yet because it is so early in the season.

“Sometimes, when you win a match, you can’t get a good assessment of how you played,” VanKanegan said.

Members of the team believe that this season has the possibility to be special.

“We have a very good chance against Cerritos,” Boggero said. “We did well in our last two matches,” Boggero said.

With every match, improvement has been noticed in standout players like Boggero and his noted consistency, Nagaoko being the college’s No. 1 player and Coble for his leadership role.

“Getting everyone to get some repetitions for singles and doubles and what is expected of them has taken a couple of weeks,” VanKanegan said. “Chris Bohlmann’s game has improved as much as anyone’s in the last three or four weeks, and Tsuyoshi, who has taken our top spot, has improved because he’s been playing more matches.”

The Warriors’ early-season success can be attributed to the rapidly developing chemistry of the team as a unit.

“I think we’re all good teammates,” Chris Bohlmann said. “I think our top players are finishing well.”

To be a part of the upper tier of the elite teams in the conference, the Warriors need to work on playing better when at the net.

“We’ve been working on volleys and quickness at the net,” VanKanegan said. “If we’re going to compete against the top teams, we have to play aggressively at the net,” VanKanegan said.

With the addition of new players, unofficial team leader Coble has set the example for the rest of his team.

“I look up to Clark because he’s been there before in terms of experience,” Boggero said.

VanKanegan said he understands that his players have personalities to match their style of play, but he makes it a point to emphasize that it’s still a team sport.

“Everyone is an individual and I treat them as such, but we have certain expectations that everyone has to adhere to,” VanKanegan said.

Players said they believe that the Warriors are hard working, and they have the ability to do something special.

“We won’t be the best team in the state, but we’re definitely in the top tier; however, we won’t even win conference if we can’t beat Cerritos,” VanKanegan said.