Saturday was suppose to be our last our last home of the year (this morning we added an other home match against NAIA power LCSC). Being the last home match of the year we were able to tell stories about our lone senior Robert Rye. I also figured this was a good opportunity for Robert to play both #1 singles and #1 doubles. Robert has been playing very well this year: infact he has only lost 2 singles matches the entire year (both in the Fall) to Bryan Thorpe of University of Portland and our own Matt Solomon. A little known Whitman tennis statistic is that among players whom have played over 50 matches Robert possesses the highest winning percentage at over 75%.
In our match against University of Puget Sound, Robert delighted the crowd with his athletic serve-and-volley game and big forehand. Robert played strong throughout his match winning 6-2, 6-2. In doubles Robert teamed with fellow team captain Justin Hayashi for an 8-5 win against one of the better doubles teams in the conference.
Our record is now 18-9 and 15-0 in conference. Our last matches of the year are next Saturday when we play Lewis Clark College at 10am in Portland and Lewis Clark State College at 10am in Walla Walla (team will be split).
Whitman 9 UPS 0
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