Looking ahead to the weekend

A bit of an interesting weekend for the Fighting Squirrels as we only have one match this weekend. Saturday 2:30pm we host conference opponent George Fox University. The match will be played at the outdoor OR indoor courts depending on the weather. The weatherman says sunny and 50 on Saturday. Our fingers are crossed for an outdoor match, but this time of the year the weatherman is often wrong more than right.

Saturday the team will be providing pizza for spectators at the start of the match. Against UC Santa Cruz we had such a great turnout we thought we would again provide pizza. We had over 200 people show up for the UCSC match..so show up early for pizza and the start of doubles.

Still early in the season so it is hard to get a read on conference. George Fox has a new coach and I expect their program to improve dramatically in the coming years. I must say I'm very glad to have coach Ninteman at George Fox working to make both George Fox and the NWC stronger. I'm sure the George Fox team will be more competitive this year but I think they are a couple years out from making a run at the top six in the conference. I have no doubt that the Bruins team will improve in the coming years.

Most interesting match-up should be at #1 where George Fox's Scott Barnett takes on Whitman's Matt Solomon. Barnett is off to a great start this year going 3-0 (winning against College of Idaho, Lewis Clark College, and Willamette) without dropping a set. As a team we are fired to be playing at home and hopefully create some momentum leading into a series of important March matches.

Hope to see you at the courts on Saturday.