This afternoon we continued our run through the Northwest Conference with a 9-0 victory over Lewis Clark College. This was our sixth consecutive 7-0 victory and we are currently standing in first place in the conference (8-0).
Today's match marks a special time of the year -- the start of Spring Break! We continue our spring break tour tomorrow at noon (time change from 2pm) against Whitworth in Spokane. One Monday we fly out to Los Angeles for a Thursday match against Redlands and a weekend tournament at Claremont Mudd Scripts. Below is the press release from our match today.
The Whitman men's tennis team, ranked No. 16 nationally, continued its dominating march through the Northwest Conference ranks with a 9-0 shutout of Lewis & Clark Saturday afternoon in Walla Walla.
Blanking its sixth consecutive opponent, Whitman ran its NWC record to 8-0 and has now won 26 consecutive regular season matches against conference foes. Saturday's loss dropped Lewis & Clark to 2-7 in the NWC standings. With 11 players seeing court time, Whitman first swept the doubles and then won each of the six singles matches in straight sets. The afternoon's most competitive battle came at No. 1 singles, where Whitman sophomore Matt Solomon notched a 6-4, 6-4 victory. His opponent, Lewis & Clark sophomore George Allen, jumped in front 4-1 in the second set before Solomon stormed back to win five straight games and close out the match.
Freshman Chris Bailey and sophomore Dan Wilson were easy winners at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. Both players are now 6-0 in NWC singles action.
Sophomores Jasper Follows at No. 4 and David Deming at No. 6 also chalked up victories to stay undefeated in singles against conference opponents. Deming is 4-0 and Follows 3-0.
Robert Rye, the lone senior on Whitman's roster, posted a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 5 singles.
Follows and junior Justin Hayashi won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles, improving their NWC doubles record to 4-0. Sophomores Nadeem Kassam and Jake Cappel, after cruising to an 8-0 victory at No. 1 doubles, are also 4-0 in conference doubles play. Junior Christoph Fuchs and freshman Quin Miller completed the Whitman sweep in doubles with an 8-3 win in the No. 3 match.
Most of Saturday's match was played on the Whitman outdoor courts. The No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches were played in the nearby Bratton Tennis Center.
Whitman hits the road on Sunday, playing two NWC matches at Whitworth in Spokane, Wash. Lewis & Clark travels to Tacoma, Wash., next Friday and Saturday for matches at Puget Sound and Pacific Lutheran.
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