Whitman picked up its two victories in doubles play. Shetty and Ullah, the
defending Northwest Conference doubles champions, took a 6-1, 6-3
victory from Walter and Jeff Scott, who are ranked No. 13 nationally as a
doubles team.In No. 1 singles, Seattle's Jesse Walter had to work for a 6-4, 7-6 victory over Whitman's Akshay Shetty, who also was slowed late in the match by leg cramps. Walter, ranked No. 33 nationally in singles play, won the second set with an 8-6 tiebreaker.
Whitman's Haroon Ullah dropped two straight sets at No. 3 singles, but the first-set score was 7-6. Bryan Oliver at No. 4 singles, Curtis Haynie at No. 5 and Charlie Larson at No. 6 all lost in three sets. Haynie was unable to finish his third set because of leg cramps.
Whitman picked up its two victories in doubles play. Shetty and Ullah, the
defending Northwest Conference doubles champions, took a 6-1, 6-3
victory from Walter and Jeff Scott, who are ranked No. 13 nationally as a
doubles team.
Haynie and Clifford Mah combined to get Whitman's other team with a three-set victory at No. 3 doubles.
"I think we showed just how how strong we can be in doubles," Snider said.
Singles Doubles
Singles Doubles
Whitman's Akshay Shetty lost in straight sets to Dan Araiza in No. 1
singles. Araiza is one of the stronger small college players in the
Pacific Northwest. Shetty had a chance for every point, however, and
showed he could play at that level.
In No. 2 singles, Geoff Mayes lost 7-5, 6-2 to Geoff Pohl. Mayes led 5-2
in the first set before he ran out of steam due to a strained shoulder.
He lost pace on his serve and Pohl capitalized.
Whitman's Haroon Ullah and Bryan Oliver both lost three-set matches to two
brothers from Brazil. LCSC's Fabio Almeida defeated Ullah 4-6, 6-4, 7-6
(7-4). LCSC's Daniel Almeida pulled out the third-set victory over Oliver
after losing the first set.
Doubles were played in the pro set format (first team to eight wins
the match).
Mayes and Oliver were the only duo to win a match for Whitman in doubles.
Oliver got revenge on Daniel Almeida by beating him and his brother 8-4 in
No. 2 doubles.
"We were playing good tennis," Whitman coach Dean Snider said. "A tie-
break away from winning No. 3 and a break away from winning No. 4. If
we would have pulled those out, the match would have been reversed. We
need to learn how to win the tight ones."
Singles
Doubles
Whitman easily won all three doubles matches. At No. 1 doubles,
Whitman's Akshay Shetty and Haroon Ullah def John Wrigley and Josef Dunn
8-4.
Whitman's No. 2 doubles team of Geoff Mayes and Bryan Oliver continued
to establish its reputation as a force. Their 8-2 victory put them 3-1 for the year.
In No. 1 singles, Shetty won a tightly contested match over Wrigley in a
third-set tie-break. Shetty struggled, never really finding his groove,
before pulling out the victory 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3).
Mayes won another tough three-set match in No. 2 singles. He
won the first set in a tie-breaker 8-6 and then dropped the next set 6-2. His
vicious forehand and strong first serves prevailed in the end,
however, and he won the third set 6-3.
"We played well," Whitman coach Dean Snider said. "It was nice to pull out
those three-set matches. It was great to win in such a dominating
fashion."
Singles
Doubles
Whitman dominated in doubles, winning all three matches easily.
Haroon Ullah and Akshay Shetty led the way at No. 1 doubles,
defeating Chris Taylor and Daniel Chang 8-2.
In singles, Shetty, Ullah, Oliver, Larson and Mah all won in
straight sets.
Singles
No. 3 -- Bryan Oliver, Whitman, def Nate Hall, 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
Whitman swept the doubles matches. In No. 1 doubles, Akshay
Shetty and Haroon Ullah won 8-5, while at No. 2, Curtis Haynie and
Cliff Mah were leading 7-2 when they won by default. The match was cut
short because Pacific's time limit expired on the courts it had rented
for the match.
In singles, Shetty, Bartee and Mah all pulled out
third-set victories. Larson and Ullah won their individual matches in straight
sets.
"It's nice to have a deep team," Whitman coach Dean Snider said. "When
Bryan couldn't play it was nice that the freshmen stepped up and won a
match. Chris and Eric rose to the challenge."
Singles
Doubles
Shetty also teamed with Haroon Ullah to capture the No. 1 doubles match
9-8 on a 7-4 tie-break. Whitman's Bryan Oliver started strongly in No. 3
singles, winning the first set 6-4 before losing the next two.
Singles
Doubles
Singles
Doubles
"The teams we've played during this California trip have been tough, but
we played better today," Whitman coach Dean Snider said. "We got a few
more victories, and we were in more of the matches."
Oliver won the deciding third set in his singles match at 7-6 with an 8-6
tie-break. Oliver also shared a victory with Charlie Larson in No. 2
doubles, winning 8-3. Whitman's other victory came courtesy of Clifford
Mah and Curtis Haynie, who were 8-4 winners in No. 3 doubles.
Haynie also enjoyed a good start in No. 6 singles, winning the first set
6-4 before dropping the next two sets and the match.
Singles
Doubles
"We played pretty well, but Gonzaga is a step above us," Whitman coach
Dean Snider said. "We probably didn't play to our peak because of the
early morning start, but they played us
tough."
"Rozie (Rozelle) played a great match," Snider added. "He was tough."
Singles
No. 1 -- Ken Bang, Gonzaga, def Haroon Ullah, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
In doubles, all three matches were close. Oliver and
Larson, Whitman's No. 2 team, and Mah and Larson, the No. 3 duo,
were both victorious.
"Whitworth played us well," Whitman coach Dean Snider said. "It was nice
to pull out those three-set matches to get the win."
Singles
No. 1 -- Yosef Dunn, Whitworth, def Akshay Shetty, 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
George Fox's Luke Lesh captured his team's only set in No. 3 singles.
Whitman's Charlie Larson won the match, however, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
Akshay Shetty and Haroon Ullah were winners in No. 1 and No. 2 singles,
while Curtis Haynie, Cliff Mah and Chris Rozelle posted victories in No.
4, 6 and 5 singles.
Shetty and Ullah led the rout in doubles, winning 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 1
match. Mah and Haynie got the win in No. 2 doubles. Larson and Bryan
Oliver closed out the day with the victory in No. 3 doubles.
Singles
Doubles
Linfield notched its only victory in No. 4 singles when Sean Bettis
outlasted Charlie Larson 7-5, 6-7, 7-6. Tie-breakers were needed to decide
the last two sets.
Larson and freshman Chris Rozelle needed three sets to win in No. 3
doubles, as did Cliff Mah and Curtis Haynie in No. 2 doubles.
Akshay Shetty survived a first-set tie-breaker in No. 1 singles to win in
two sets. Other winners in singles were Haroon Ullah, Haynie, Mah and
Rozelle.
Singles
Doubles
"It was a real battle," Whitman coach Dean Snider said. "Basically, it
came down to the No. 2 doubles match to decide the outcome, and that was a
match we had a real chance to win."
Willamette's Forbes Jonasson and Derek McCarthy, however, outlasted
Whitman's Curtis Haynie and Clifford Mah 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4. "Curtis and
Clifford played a fine match, but they both had problems in one area of
their game," Snider said. "Had it not been for those problems, it was a
match I think we would have won."
Willamette's Ugarte, who stormed past Whitman's Haroon Ullah 6-1, 6-1 in
the No. 1 singles match, teamed with Jeb Hobbs to win the No. 1 doubles
match as well. "He is a very special player," Snider said. "He has
absolute control over his strokes and power to go along with it. He's a
fantastic player."
Akshay Shetty, who normally plays No. 1 singles for Whitman, was slowed by
bone splits in his left arm and played No. 2 singles instead, where he
downed Jonasson 7-5, 6-3. Jonasson played No. 1 singles for Willamette a
year ago.
Larson also teamed with Bryan Oliver to give Whitman a victory at No. 3
doubles.
Singles
No. 1 -- Pablo Ugarte, Willamette, def Haroon Ullah, 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
Whitman's Cliff Mah nearly claimed a victory in No. 3 singles. Mah, who
was subbing for Bryan Oliver and his sore knee, won the
first set before losing the next two.
"I don't think we played our best, but PLU does have a very good team,"
Whitman coach Dean Snider said.
Singles
Doubles
The Missionaries scored all of their points in singles play. Akshay Shetty
in No. 1, Haroon Ullah in No. 2 and Curtis Haynie in No. 6 were winners in
two sets. Charlie Larson pulled out a three-set victory in No. 5. Cliff
Mah had a good match in No. 3 singles, losing 6-3, 7-5.
"It was good victory for us," Whitman coach Dean Snider said. "UPS has
lost to Willamette, a team that beat us by a point last week. It shows
that a number of schools are playing at about the same level."
Doubles
Because of time constraints, all but one of the individual matches were
abbreviated to single-set decisions. Singles
matches were played to 10 points, doubles to eight points.
Bryan Oliver, Cliff Mah and Curtis Haynie posted singles victories
in the No. 4, 5 and 6 slots. Haynie won his match at No. 6 singles
in three sets, although the third set was limited to a
tie-breaker.
Haynie and Mah added a win in No.
2 doubles, while Oliver and Geoff Mayes were winners in No. 3 doubles.
Both Akshay Shetty in No. 2 singles and Mayes in No. 3 singles dropped
narrow 10-8 decisions.
"It was a great way to end the season against a very strong team," Whitman
coach Dean Snider said. The victory left the Missionaries with a winning
record on the season at 9-8. Whitman finished the regular season with a
7-2 mark against Northwest Conference opponents.
Singles
No. 1 -- Dan Araiza, LCSC, def Haroon Ullah, 10-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Jesse Walter, Seattle U, def Akshay Shetty, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 2 -- Jeff Scott, Seattle U, def Geoff Mayes, 6-3, 6-0
No. 3 -- Erik Berninger, Seattle U, def Haroon Ullah, 7-6, 6-3
No. 4 -- Sean Blumhoff, Seattle U, def Bryan Oliver, 7-6, 2-6, 6-3
No. 5 -- Ryan Turninga, Seattle U, def Curtis Haynie, 4-6, 6-4, 4-1 (default)
No. 6 -- Nathan Wannarachue, Seattle U, def Charlie Larson, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman, def Walter/Scott 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 -- Berninger/Turninga, Seattle U, def Mayes/Oliver, 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Haynie/Mah, Whitman, Blumhoff/Wannarachue, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Sunday, February 23
Whitman 8, Albertson 1
The Whitman men's tennis team has plenty of talent, and it showed Sunday
in an 8-1 victory over Albertson College. Akshay Shetty, Geoff Mayes,
Bryan Oliver and Charlie Larson were the winners in singles play, while
the duos of Shetty/Ullah and Haynie/Clifford Mah were victors in
doubles.
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def Dan Lemmon, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
No. 2 -- Geoff Mayes, Whitman, def Scott Schledewitz, 6-2, 7-5
No. 3 -- Mike Jones, Albertson, def Clifford Mah, 6-4, 7-5
No. 4 -- Bryan Oliver, Whitman, def Chris Matika, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def Nathan Poulton, 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 -- Whitman won by default
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman, def Lemmon/Jones, 9-8 (7-3)
No. 2 -- Haynie/Mah, Whitman, def Schledewitz/Matika, 8-1
No. 3 -- Whitman won by default
Saturday, March 1
Lewis-Clark State College won a tightly contested match over Whitman
6-3 Saturday in Lewiston, Idaho.
Lewis-Clark State College 6, Whitman 3
In No. 5 singles, Whitman's Curtis Haynie defeated John Johnsen 7-5, 6-3.
Charlie Larson gave the Missionaries their other singles victory in
the No. 6 slot, rolling over Tim Schultz 6-1, 6-4.
Chris Rozelle and Charlie Larson lost their debut match 8-3 at No. 3
doubles. It was freshman's Rozelle first college match. "We'll take it
as a learning experince and go on from there," said Rozelle.
No. 1 -- Dan Araiza, LCSC, def Akshay Shetty, 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 -- Geoff Pohl, LCSC, def Geoff Mayes, 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 -- Fabio Almeida, LCSC, def Haroon Ullah 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 4 -- Daniel Almeida, LCSC, def Bryan Oliver, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 -- Curtis Hayne, Whitman, def John Johnsen, 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def Tim Schultz, 6-1, 6-4
No. 1 -- Araiza/Pohl, LCSC, def Shetty/Ullah, 8-5
No. 2 -- Mayes/Oliver, Whitman, def Almeida/Almeida, 8-4
No. 3 -- Johnson/Schultz, LCSC, def Larson/Chris Rozelle, 8-3
Sunday, March 2
The men's tennis team served notice on the rest of the Northwest
Conference Sunday, trouncing its first conference opponent of the season.
The Missionaries dispatched Whitworth 8-1 at Bratton Tennis Center.
Whitman 8, Whitworth 1
In his first college match, Whitman freshman Eric Bartee won in straight
sets at No. 6 singles.
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def John Wrigley, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3)
No. 2 -- Geoff Mayes, Whitman, def Josef Dunn, 7-6 (8-6), 2-6, 6-3
No. 3 -- Bryan Oliver, Whitman, def Marc Bradford, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4 -- Curtis Hayne, Whitman, def Alan Mikkelson, 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 -- Scott Spooner, Whitworth, def Charlie Larson, 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 -- Eric Bartee, Whitman, def R. Brown, 6-3, 6-4
No. 1 -- Shetty/Haroon Ullah, Whitman def Wrigley Dunn, 8-4
No. 2 -- Oliver/Mayes, Whitman, def Bradford/Spoon, 8-2
No. 3 -- Hayne/Cliff Mah, Whitman def Mikkelson/Brown, 8-2
Saturday, March 8
In what coach Dean Snider called a "solid win," Whitman rolled to an 8-1
Northwest Conference victory over Lewis and Clark College in Portland
Saturday morning.
Whitman 8, Lewis and Clark 1
Bryan Oliver and Charlie Larson won their debut match at No. 3
doubles, scoring an 8-4 victory. Curtis Haynie and Cliff Mah, who had
played previously at No. 3 doubles, moved up to No. 2 and breezed to an
8-2 win.
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def Chris Taylor, 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 -- Haroon Ullah, Whitman, def Daniel Chang, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 -- Radivan Vadovic, Lewis and Clark, def Curtis Haynie, 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def Jarret Kubo, 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 -- Cliff Mah, Whitman, def Alvin Hellemans, 6-1, 6-2
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman def Taylor/Chang, 8-2
No. 2 -- Mah/Haynie, Whitman, def Kubo/C. Arends, 8-2
No. 3 -- Larson/Oliver, Whitman def Hall/Vadovic, 8-4
Saturday, March 8
Whitman's men's tennis team improved its conference record to 4-0 with a
decisive victory over Pacific University Saturday afternoon.
Whitman 8, Pacific 1
Whitman completed its doubles sweep when freshmen Chris Rozelle
and Eric Bartee won 8-5 in the No. 3 match. It was the first time
the duo had played together, in practice or match play. They filled
the No. 3 slot in place of Charlie Larson and the injured Bryan Oliver.
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def Matt Wierma, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Haroon Ullah, Whitman, def John Kikucha, 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 -- John Kwei, Pacific, def Curtis Haynie, 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
No. 4 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def Logan Williams, 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 -- Cliff Mah, Whitman, def Tony Kujama, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 -- Eric Bartee, Whitman, def Lin Dauh, 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman def Wierma/Williams, 8-5
No. 2 -- Mah/Haynie, Whitman, def Kwei/Kikucha, 7-2 - default
No. 3 -- Bartee/Chris Rozelle, Whitman, def Kujama/Dauh, 8-5
Monday, March 17
Dominican College 7, Whitman 2
Akshay Shetty did most of the scoring for Whitman in a 7-2 loss to
Dominican College in Carmel, Calif. Playing No. 1 singles, Shetty took his
first set 7-6 and led 4-0 in the second set when his opponent retired.
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def D. Diaz, 7-6, 4-0 (default)
No. 2 -- C. Stubner, Dominican, def Haroon Ullah, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 -- R. Ratke, Dominican, def Bryan Oliver, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 -- R. Carson, Dominican, def Charlie Larson, 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- S. Leese, Dominican, def Curtis Haynie, 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- H. Bolante, Dominican, def Clifford Mah, 6-1, 6-2
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman, def Carson/Ratke, 9-8 (7-4)
No. 2 -- Stubner/Diaz, Dominican, def Mah/Haynie, 8-2
No. 3 -- Bolante/Leese, Dominican, def Oliver/Larson, 8-4
Tuesday, March 18
Amherst 8, Whitman 1
Akshay Shetty and Haroon Ullah scored Whitman's only point of the day in
No. 1 doubles as the Missionaries fell to Amherst College 8-1 in Carmel,
Calif. Shetty and Ullah used a 7-5 tie-break to win their doubles match
9-8.
No. 1 -- Bruce Jacobs, Amherst, def Akshay Shetty, 6-3, 6-5
No. 2 -- Harlan Stock, Amherst, def Haroon Ullah, 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 -- Ryan Cole, Amherst, def Bryan Oliver, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Ed Rosenfeld, Amherst, def Curtis Haynie, 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Yo Kobayashi, Amherst, def Clifford Mah, 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 -- Adam Wolfe, Amherst, def Chris Rozelle, 6-3, 6-1
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman, def Jacobs/Rosenfield, 9-8 (7-5)
No. 2 -- Kobayashi/Noah Lippe-Klein, Amherst, Oliver/Larson, 8-4
No. 3 -- Stock/Cole, Amherst, def May/Haynie, 8-5
Wednesday, March 19
Bowdoin 6, Whitman 3
Bryan Oliver pulled out a tough three-set victory in No. 3 singles and
added a victory in doubles to lead Whitman's effort in a 6-3 loss to
Bowdoin College in Carmel, Calif.
No. 1 -- Clem Dobbins, Bowdoin, def Akshay Shetty, 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 -- Paul Hindle, Bowdoin, def Haroon Ullah, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Bryan Oliver, Whitman, def Jared Sandler, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 4 -- Taylor Gang, Bowdoin, def Charlie Larson, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 -- Tyler Post, Bowdoin, def Clifford Mah, 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 -- Jeff Gilberg, Bowdoin, def Curtis Haynie, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
No. 1 -- Dobbins/Hindle, Bowdoin, def Shetty/Ullah, 8-4
No. 2 -- Oliver/Larson, Whitman, def Sandler/Post, 8-3
No. 3 -- Mah/Haynie, Whitman, def Chenault/Fleury, 8-4
Saturday, April 5
The Whitman men rose at the early hour of 5 a.m. Saturday
morning to travel to Spokane for a non-conference match at Gonzaga
University, an NCAA Div. I school. The Missionaries were outclassed in
both talent and energy and lost 9-0.
Gonzaga 9, Whitman 0
Akshay Shetty, who normally plays No. 1 singles, sat out the match
because of a sore neck. Others on the team compensated by moving up one
notch in singles, and freshman Chris Rozelle filled the gap at No. 6
singles. Rozelle turned in a strong effort but failed to capitalize on a
set point early in the match before falling 7-5, 6-1.
No. 2 -- Olmstead, Gonzaga, def Bryan Oliver, 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 -- Matt Olmstead, Gonzaga, def Charlie Larson, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- Jeff Ship, Gonzaga, def Curtis Haynie 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Rois Balen, Gonzaga, def Cliff Mah, 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 -- Gary Maag, Gonzaga, def Chris Rozelle, 7-5, 6-1
No. 1 -- Bang/Ship, Gonzaga, def Ullah/Akshay Shetty, 8-4>br>
No. 2 -- Olmstead/Olmstead, Gonzaga, def Oliver/Larson 8-2
No. 3 -- Maag/Balen, Gonzaga def, Mah/Haynie 8-4
Saturday, April 4
After losing to NCAA Div. I Gonzaga in the morning Saturday, Whitman
rebounded that afternoon to defeat Northwest Conference rival
Whitworth College 6-3.
Whitman 6, Whitworth 3
Haroon Ullah got Whitman rolling with a strong victory at No. 2
singles, while Curtis Haynie enjoyed an equally impressive two-set win
at No. 6 singles. Cliff Mah and Charlie Larson added key three-set
victories in the No. 4 and 5 singles slots. Brian Oliver dropped a
tough match in No. 3 singles, losing 7-5, 7-6.
No. 2 -- Haroon Ullah, Whitman, def Jon Wrigley, 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 -- Marc Bradford, Whitworth, def Brian Oliver, 7-5, 7-6
No. 4 -- Cliff Mah, Whitman, def Scott Spooner, 6-0, 1-6, 6-4
No. 5 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def Alan Mikkelson, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 -- Curtis Haynie, Whitman, def Rhad Brown, 6-3, 6-0
No. 1 -- Dunn/Wrigley, Whitworth, def Ullah/Shetty, 8-5
No. 2 -- Oliver/Larson, Whitman, def Spooner/Brown, 9-7
No. 3 -- Mah/Larson, Whitman, def Bradford/Mikkelson, 8-5
Friday, April 11
Whitman made short work of visiting George Fox, winning every set
except one while blanking the Bruins 9-0 at the Bratton Tennis Center.
Whitman 9, George Fox 0
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def Todd Hammons, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 -- Haroon Ullah, Whitman, def Rick Cruz, 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def Luke Lesh, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
No. 4 -- Curtis Haynie, Whitman, def Justin Ubel, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 -- Cliff Mah, Whitman, def Rob Cruz, 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 -- Chris Rozelle, Whitman, def Jake Dobson, 6-1, 7-5
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman def Hammons/Rick Cruz, 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 -- Mah/Haynie, Whitman, def Lesh/Ubel, 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Larson/Oliver, Whitman, def Rob Cruz/Dobson, 6-0, 6-2
Saturday, April 12
Whitman 8, Linfield 1
Whitman swept the three doubles matches, although it needed three sets to
win two of them, and rolled to an 8-1 Northwest Conference victory over
Linfield at the Bratton Tennis Center.
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def Bruce Chinen, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
No. 2 -- Haroon Ullah, Whitman, def Marc Baumgartner, 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Curtis Haynie, Whitman, def Mike Arcadiacontu, 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 -- Sean Bettis, Linfield, def Charlie Larson, 7-5, 6-7 (7-5), 7-6 (7-3)
No. 5 -- Cliff Mah, Whitman, def Matt Nottman, 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 -- Chris Rozelle, Whitman, def Chad Dragon, 6-0, 6-3
No. 1 -- Shetty/Ullah, Whitman def Chinen/Baumgartner, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 -- Mah/Haynie, Whitman, def Arcadiacontu/Bettis, 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Larson/Rozelle, Whitman, def Nottman/Shoffner, 7-5, 5-7, 6-0
Sunday, April 13
Sparked by Pablo Ugarte, a Davis Cup player from Bolivia, Willamette
squeaked past the Whitman men 5-4 in a Northwest Conference match at the
Bratton Tennis Center. It was Whitman's first conference loss of the
season.
Willamette 5, Whitman 4
Whitman also picked up three-set singles victories from Charlie Larson at
No. 5 and Mah at No. 6. Larson won 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (11-9), while Mah was a
6-1, 5-7, 6-2 winner.
No. 2 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def Forbes Jonasson, 7-5, 6-3
No. 3 -- Jeb Hobbs, Willamette, def Bryan Oliver, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- Derek McCarthy, Willamette, def Curtis Haynie, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def David Vodak, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (11-9)
No. 6 -- Clifford Mah, Whitman, def Marc Sanders, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
No. 1 -- Ugarte/Hobbs, Willamette, def Ullah/Shetty, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 -- Jonasson/McCarthy, Willamette, def Haynie/Mah, 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 6-4
No. 3 -- Oliver/Larson, Whitman, def Vodak/Christensen, 6-2, 6-3
Friday, April 18
Pacific Lutheran, a perennial Northwest Conference champion in men's
tennis, rolled to a 7-0 victory over visiting Whitman. By
agreement of the coaches, the match was played on a seven-point system,
which awards just one team point to the school that wins two or all three
of the doubles matches. Each singles match counts for one point.
Pacific Lutheran 7, Whitman 0
No. 1 -- Matt Braund, PLU, def Akshay Shetty, 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 -- Clayton Harris, PLU, def Haroon Ullah, 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 -- Matt Simons, PLU, def Cliff Mah, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 -- Karl Sjoberg, PLU, def Charlie Larson, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 -- Rob Thornton, PLU, def Clifford Mah, 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 -- Jesse Caryl, PLU, def Eric Bartee, 6-2, 6-2
No. 1 -- Braund/Harris, PLU, def Shetty/Ullah, 8-4
No. 2 -- Simons/Thornton, PLU, def Bartee/Larson, 8-3
No. 3 -- Sjoberg/Caryl, PLU, def Mah/Haynie, 8-2
Saturday, April 19
Whitman 4, Puget Sound 3
The Whitman men closed out their Northwest Conference schedule on a strong
note, downing the University of Puget Sound 4-3 in Tacoma, Wash. By
agreement of the coaches, the match was played on a seven-point system,
which awards just one team point to the school that
wins two or all three of the doubles matches. Each singles match counts
for one point.
Singles
No. 1 -- Akshay Shetty, Whitman, def Jared Brodin, 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 -- Haroon Ullah, Whitman, def Joel Black, 7-6, 6-3
No. 3 -- Sackman, Puget Sound, def Cliff Mah, 6-3, 7-5
No. 4 -- Eric Blackstone, Puget Sound, def Eric Bartee, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Charlie Larson, Whitman, def Eric Muller, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 -- Curtis Haynie, Whitman, def Tyler Nelson, 7-5, 6-4
No. 1 -- Brodin/Black, Puget Sound, def Shetty/Ullah, 8-4
No. 2 -- Sackman/Muller, Puget Sound, def Mah/Haynie, 8-4
No. 3 -- Blackstone/Nelson, Puget Sound, def Bartee/Larson, 8-2
Sunday, April 20
Whitman 5, Lewis-Clark State 4
Playing their third match in three days wasn't a problem for the Whitman
men, who ended their regular season with an impressive 5-4 victory over
heavily favored Lewis-Clark State College at the Bratton Tennis Center.
Earlier in the season, Whitman dropped a 6-3 decision in Lewiston, Idaho,
to Lewis-Clark State, one of the stronger NAIA Div. I schools in the
area.
No. 2 -- Geoff Pohl, LCSC, def Akshay Shetty, 10-8
No. 3 -- Fabio Almeida, LSCS, def Geoff Mayes, 10-8
No. 4 -- Bryan Oliver, Whitman, def Daniel Almeida, 10-6
No. 5 -- Cliff Mah, Whitman, def John Johnson, 10-4
No. 6 -- Curtis Haynie, Whitman, def Tim Schultz, 2-6, 6-3, (8-6)
No. 1 -- Araiza/Pohl, LCSC, def Ullah/Shetty, 8-4
No. 2 -- Mah/Haynie, Whitman, def F. Almeida/Schultz, 8-2
No. 3 -- Oliver/Mayes, Whitman, def D. Almeida/Johnson, 8-4