7 matches in 5 days!

Yesterday we finished the Portland phase of our spring break trip with a 9-0 victory over Pacific University. In the past five days we have gone 7-0 in conference play! During that stretch we defeated what I think are three of the best teams in the conference (PLU, Linfield, and Willamette). Also during this stretch we have only lost 4 individual matches! I'm feeling very good where we are as a team and how we are currently playing.

Against Pacific we started with singles (looked like it was going to rain) and we quickly ran away with the match. I think we lost a total of 16 games in the singles. Pacific is a up-coming-team and they have steadily improved each of the past few years under the guidance of Coach Jackson. However our depth and experience was simply too much for them as quickly went through the singles.

Whitman 9 Pacific 0

With the first phase of our trip under our belts we are headed to UC Santa Cruz where we play three great matches this weekend -- UC Santa Cruz, Cal Lutheran and Pomona. The new rankings come out today and I would expect both UCSC and Cal Lu to be top 10 and Pomona in the top 20. We couldn't ask for a better opportunity to play against some of the top teams in the nation.

Speaking of rankings, the latest d3tennis power rankings has Whitman at #21 in the nation. We are currently 13-1 on the year (only loss to #1 UC Santa Cruz) and 12-0 in conference.