The Cerritos College men’s tennis team endured a major loss at the Southern California Regional qualifying tournament that took place May 3 to 5 at Irvine Valley.

Cerritos was defeated in the second round by El Camino College, who was ranked ninth in the state and No. 1 in the tournament.

“It went well in the second round, the first round was kind of rough and shaky, ” freshman Brandon Chang said.

Cerritos nearly defeated El Camino, but was defeated in three sets.

Head Coach Alvin Kim was glad about the upsets but was disappointed by the loss in the second round.

“We expected to be challenged and we played them really hard and we hoped to beat them but we came short,” Kim said.

Cerritos did not manage to qualify for the state finals in San Diego Mesa on Friday and Saturday.

The Falcons needed three wins to advance to the finals, but were cut short by El Camino in the very final set of the match.

The loss not only marked the loss at regionals but it also marked the end of the Falcons’ season.