IRVINE, Calif. - The Concordia Irvine men's tennis team opened up their season with an impressive win over the Falcons of Cerritos College, 5-2.

The Eagles had a strong showing in the afternoon sweeping the doubles matches. Patrick Wong and Marlon Wilken won their match up 6-4, while the other two pairs of teammates, Yassine Smiej + Joel Ockernahl and Otto Heinz + Giuliano Maderner won their respective matches 6-1.

The singles matchups had much of the same results for the Green and Gold, the squad managed to win 4 of the 6 matches and earned a team victory for the day. 

The two freshman for CUI, Wong and Wilken were impressive in their college debuts and will look to build on their momentum in their upcoming match against Ottawa University Arizona.

"I was very pleased with the way we competed today as a team," said head coach Jonathan Sanchez. "The energy in our doubles was amazing, which resulted in us sweeping all 3 doubles positions getting us the doubles point. Wong played at a very tough #2 singles position and performed outstanding considering it was his first college match. Wilken also stood out at the #4 singles position where he was able to win in straight sets."

The Eagles will be back at the CUI Tennis Courts on Friday, February 7th at 12:00 p.m. 

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