Whitties go 2-1 Saturday

First day of the long weekend is over with the "Horde" going 2-1. We started off the day losing 5-2 to a very good U Portland team (#75 NCAA I). In doubles we played well at #1 and #3 -- in fact we were up breaks early in both those matches. In the end the Pilots were too tough for us sweeping all three doubles. In singles we were able to book end the Pilots winning at #1 (Phalkun) and #6 (Christoph).

After the UP we broke into two teams to play conference rivals Lewis and Clark College and George Fox. The "all freshman" team defeated much improved LC team 8-1 while the "experienced" team defeated George Fox 9-0.

Overall was a good day of tennis. We had the opportunity to play against one of the best DI teams in the nation and proved we could compete with them. The afternoon was a special treat breaking into different teams giving most everyone a chance to play.

The schedule for tomorrow (Sunday) is Willamette 10am (team freshman), Linfield 11am (team experience) and Pacific 3pm.

We great seeing Whitman Alumn's Kurt Casad, Dr Clifford Mah and Eric "Almost finished with PhD" Bartee.

U Portland
Doubles
#1 Steven Ly/Phalkun Mam lost to Sivkovic/Kennel 9-8
#2 Matt Solomon/Nadeem Kassam lost to Schleining/Jager 8-2
#3 Christoph Fuchs/Robbie Munday lost to Machado/Strom 8-6
Singles
#1 Phalkun def Strom 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
#2 Steven lost Jaeger 6-2, 6-3
#3 Robbie lost Kincaid 6-4, 6-3
#4 Matt lost Yemm 6-2, 6-2
#5 Justin Hayashi lost Schleining 6-3, 6-3
#6 Christoph def Kennell 4-2 ret

Lewis Clark College
Doubles
#1 Nadeem Kassam/Matt Solomon def Lindsay/Wheeler 8-1
#2 Jake Cappel/Jasper Follows lost to Allen/Rayn 9-8
#3 Thomas Roston/Robert Rye def Moller Davy 8-4
Singles
#1 Solomon def Allen 6-3, 6-2
#2 David Deming def Lindsay 6-2, 6-2
#3 Cappel def Wheeler 6-2, 6-3
#4 Follows def Ray 6-2, 6-2
#5 Kassam def Moller 6-0, 6-0
#6 Roston def Youmans 6-0, 6-0

George Fox
Doubles
#1 Steven Ly/Phalkun Mam def PEarson/Overnell 8-2
#2 Robbie Munday/Christoph Fuchs def Jenness/Vargas 8-1
#3 Dan Wilson/Justin Hayashi def McKenzie/Overnall 8-1
Singles
#1 Mam def Pearson 6-1, 6-1
#2 Ly def Schultz 6-1, 6-0
#3 Munday def Vargas 6-0, 6-1
#4 Hayashi def Overnall 6-0, 6-1
#5 Fuchs def Jenness 6-0, 6-2
#6 Wilson def Leon R 6-0, 6-0