In No. 1 singles, Whitman freshman Leslie Whitten had no problem disposing
of Whitworth's Joelle Staudinger, winning easily 6-2, 6-1.
In No. 1 singles, Whitman freshman Leslie Whitten had no problem disposing
of Whitworth's Joelle Staudinger, winning easily 6-2, 6-1.
Whitman's Amy Fong, No. 2 singles, and Thuy Ha Nguyen, No. 3 singles, both lost three-set heartbreakers. At No. 4 singles, Cedar Brown bounced back from a first-set loss to win in three sets.
The doubles matches were played in a pro-set format. The first team to eight games wins. A tie-breaker, if needed, is played at 7-7.
In a match that was close from start to finish, Fong and Whitten lost the tie-breaker in No. 1 doubles to Jodi Baker and Tara Fiebick 8-7 (7-3). Fong and Whitten lost serve early and did not break Whitworth's serve until 6-7. Baker and Fiebick came out strong in the tie-breaker and ran up the score with strong serves and consistent service returns.
Whitman's Leah Larson and Nguyen rolled over Lisa Peterson and Dawn Eliason in No. 3 doubles 8-3.
"We were very close," Whitman coach Jayne McCarthy said. "It could have gone either way. If we pull out those two three-set matches and win Amy and Leslie's tie-break, we win 6-3."
Singles
No. 1 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Joelle Staudinger, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 -- Tara Fiebick, Whitworth, def Amy Fong, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
No. 3 -- Lisa Peterson, Whitworth, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
No. 4 -- Cedar Brown, Whitman, def Jodi Baker, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 -- Lisa Benscheidt, Whitworth, def Leah Larson, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 -- Tar Bonelli, Whitworth, def Kelly Stearns, 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Baker/Fiebick, Whitworth, def Whitten/Fong, 8-7 (7-2)
No. 2 -- Stouding/Benscheidt, Whitworth, def Brown/Lina Shanley, 8-3
No. 3 -- Nguyen/Larson, Whitman def Peterson/Eliasson, 8-3
Whitman's Leslie Whitten lost 6-3, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, but gave her more physical opponent, Rebecca Ainsworth, a run for her money. Whitten was in every point and forced Ainsworth to win the match.
At No. 3 singles, Whitman's Thuy Ha Nguyen gave Stella Musambo a scare.
Nguyen nearly won the first set, taking Musambo to 5-5 before losing
7-5 and then dropping the second set 6-0.
Because of time restraints, doubles were played in a pro set format (first team to eight games wins). In No. 1 doubles, Whitten teamed with Amy Fong and played a tight match against Suzie Hayes and Stella Musambo, losing 8-5.
"We played well against good opponents," Whitman coach Jayne McCarthy said. "It was a learning experience. Matches like this can only make us tougher."
Singles
Doubles
Nguyen also won her match in straight sets, winning 6-3, 6-3, in No. 3
singles.
"It was a tough match," Whitman coach Jayne McCarthy said. "Seattle U is a
good team, but we seemed lethargic on the courts."
Singles
Doubles
After losing all three doubles matches the day before to Seattle
University, Whitman redeemed itself by winning all three against Lewis and
Clark.
Whitman's Leslie Whitten and Amy Fong won a very tight three-set match at
No. 1 doubles. They dropped the first set 6-2, won the second
set in a tie-breaker, and then came out strong in the third set, winning
6-3.
In No. 3 doubles, Thuy Ha Nguyen and Leah Larson had no trouble disposing
of their opponents, winning easily by 6-1,
6-1 scores.
Whitten also won a tough match against Lewis & Clark's Loren Blank at
No. 1 singles. The first set was close, with Blank falling 7-5. Whitten
took charge in the second set with a 6-1 victory.
"Leslie showed just how tough of a competitor she is," Whitman coach
Jayne McCarthy said. "Blank is a very good player and Leslie
played her tough."
Thuy Ha Nguyen, Leah Larson and Keli Stearns also picked up straight set
victories for Whitman in singles play.
"We played up to our potential which is always what you strive for,"
McCarthy added. "We also came back from yesterday and played strong in
doubles."
Singles
Doubles
Whitman's Amy Fong won a key match at No. 2 singles in three sets,
winning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. "Amy showed vast improvement this weekend," said
coach Jayne McCarthey.
In No. 4 singles, Whitman's Cedar Brown won another pivotal match in three
sets. She blanked her opponent in both the first and third sets.
In No. 3 doubles, Whitman's Thuy Ha Nguyen and Larson pulled out an 8-5
victory. Brown and Lina Shanley won by default for Whitman at No. doubles
when Albertson's Barbara Trajkovska and Jen Bauer had to forfeit because
Bauer had a strained shoulder.
"It was a good weekend," McCarthy said. "We're going on our Spring
Break trip with a few wins under our belt."
Singles
Doubles
Whitman's Leah Larson dropped a close 7-6, 7-5 decision at No. 5 singles,
and Fong and Leslie Whitten fell 7-5, 6-4 in No. 1 doubles. Larson and
Nguyen gave the Missionaries their other win in No. 3 doubles.
Singles
Doubles
Amy Fong picked up a victory in No. 2 singles and teamed with Leslie
Whitten to win again in No. 1 doubles. Leah Larson and Thuy Ha Nguyen
notched Whitman's other victory at No. 3 doubles.
Singles
Doubles
Claiming two-set wins for the Missionaries in singles play were Leslie
Whitten, Amy Fong, Thuy Ha Nguyen, Leah Larson and Keli Stearns. Whitten
and Fong also won in No. 1 doubles, and Cedar Brown and Lina Shanley were
the victors in No. 2 doubles.
Nguyen and Larson dropped a close match in No. 3 doubles, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6
(7-5).
Singles
Doubles
Thuy Ha Nguyen and Leah Larson pulled off a 8-6 victory in No. 3 doubles
to give Whitman it's only team point of the day. Freshman Amy Fong pushed
her opponent in No. 2 singles to a first-set tie-breaker before losing in
two sets.
Westmont has qualified for the NAIA national championships in 12 of the
last 13 seasons.
Singles
Doubles
Whitman's Amy Fong in No. 2 singles and Thuy Ha Nguyen in No. 3 singles
both won their opening sets before dropping the next two. Leah Larson also
played a close match in No. 5 singles, winning the second set but losing
the first and third.
Cedar Brown in No. 4 singles and Keli Stearns in No. 6 singles registered
victories for Whitman, as did Larson and Thuy Ha Nguyen in No. 3 doubles.
Singles
Doubles
Leslie Whitten, Amy Fong, Thuy Ha Nguyen, Lina Shanley and Keli Stearns
were the winners in singles. The teams of Whitten-Fong and Brown-Leah
Larson added victories in doubles. Chapman defaulted one singles one
doubles match.
Singles
Doubles
Rolling to two-set victories in singles were Leslie Whitten, Amy Fong,
Thuy Ha Nguyen, Leah Larson and Keli Stearns. The Missionaries added
easy victories in each of the three doubles matches.
Singles
Doubles
Leslie Whitten dominated her No. 1 singles match 6-0, 6-0.
She then teamed up with Amy Fong to register another shutout in No. 1
doubles.
Other winners in singles play were Fong, Thuy Ha Nguyen, Cedar Brown,
Leah Larson and Keli Stearns. Brown and Shanley were winners at No. 2
doubles, while Larson and Nguyen got the win at No. 3 doubles.
"We steamrolled them," Whitman coach Jayne
McCarthy said. "We played with confidence, and it gave us momentum going
into our next match."
Singles
Doubles
"It was an extremely close match," Whitman coach Jayne McCarthy said. "A
lot of the individual matches could have gone our way. It
just didn't happen."
"The No. 3 doubles team has done very well this year," McCarthy said.
"They've been a consistent winner for us."
Whitman's Brown in No. 4 singles and Larson in No. 5 singles lost
tough three-set matches, each of which featured a tie-breaker.
Brown lost 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-1, while Larson fell 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3.
Brown and Lina Shanley gained a measure of revenge in No. 2 doubles,
taking the first set on a tie-breaker and winning in three sets.
Singles
Doubles
In No. 1 doubles, Whitman's Whitten/Fong cruised to a 6-0, 6-4. In No. 3
doubles, Nguyen and Leah Larson lost in three sets, 6-2, 6-7 (7-5),
(7-4). The third set was decided in the tie-breaker format because of
time constraints.
"We're going to have to find a secret formula for winning the three set
matches," Whitman coach Jayne McCarthy said. "If we would have won the
three-set matches today, the outcome would have been
reversed."
Singles
Doubles
Fong and Whitten both lost three-set matches in No. 1 and 2 singles.
Lina Shanley also lost a close three-set match in No. 6 singles.
"We have to win our three-set matches," McCarthy said.
"This match would have been a lot closer if we would have won the close
ones."
Singles
Doubles
Whitman's Leslie Whitten disposed of her oppenent just as easily,
winning by the same score in No. 2
singles. Cedar Brown, Leah Larson and Lina Shanley also won singles
matched for Whitman.
In No. 1 doubles, Fong and Whitten won 6-1, 6-3. Larson and Thuy Ha
Nguyen and Larson got the win in No. 3 doubles.
"It was nice to win this match soundly after losing the first two and
dropping so many three-set matches," McCarthy said. "Hopefully at
conference, there will be an incentive to pull out the close matches."
Singles
Doubles
Singles
Doubles
"We had solid play from all of our singles players," Whitman coach Jayne
McCarthy said. "We've made tremendous progress since the beginning of the
season. It should be an exciting conference tournament for us next
week. Amy Fong in No. 1 singles and Leslie Whitten in No. 2 singles are
really peaking right now."
The most competitive of the George Fox matches took place at No. 2
doubles, where Whitman's Cedar Brown and Lina Shanley rebounded from an
opening set loss to win the next two, 7-5 and 7-6. The third set was
decided on a 9-7 tiebreaker.
Singles
Doubles
"That was our moral victory for the day, and it was a tremendous pure
victory for Amy," Whitman coach Jayne McCarthy said. "Amy has been been
improving all season, match by match. She has really come alive now. She's
peaking at the right time."
Because of time constraints, all matches except No. 6 singles were
single-set decisions.
Singles
Doubles
"Both Amy and Leslie dominated their first-round opponents," Whitman coach
Jayne McCarthy said. "Amy also played a great second-round match, even
though she lost in three sets."
Although eliminated from singles play, Fong and Whitten will play their
opening round doubles match on Tuesday afternoon, May 20.
In Monday's first-round singles action, which was disrupted at times by
rain and wind, Fong blitzed Michele Robinson of Lambuth University
(Jackson, Miss.) 6-2, 6-0, while Whitten slammed Tina Chrismar of
Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Texas) 6-2, 6-1.
In the second round, Whitten lost 6-0, 6-2 to Lisa Robinson
of Xavier University (New Orleans, La.). Meanwhile, Fong dropped a tough
7-6 (8-6), 1-6, 6-3 decision to a more experienced Marcela Cendejas of the
University of Incarnate Word (San Antonio, Texas). Cendejas is a senior
from Mexico.
"Amy played a great match," McCarthy said. "She had a set point in the
first match before losing in the tie-breaker, and then she won the second
set easily. It was a good match between two good players."
Fong and Whitten found themselves playing two of the top-ranked players in
the nation Tuesday, May 20, in the opening round of doubles play. The
result was almost predictable, as Whitman's Northwest Conference doubles
champions dropped a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Isabella Listowska and Marine
Franchot of Mobile (Alabama) University.
Listowska, who is from Germany, is the No. 1 ranked player in the singles
portion of the NAIA championships. Franchot, who is from France, is ranked
No. 7 in the singles field. As a doubles team, they are seeded No. 7.
No. 1 -- Rebecca Ainsworth, LCSC, def Leslie Whitten, 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 -- Suzie Hayes, LCSC, def Amy Fong, 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 -- Stella Musambo, LCSC, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 7-5, 6-0
No. 4 -- Hillary Johnson, LCSC, def Cedar Brown, 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 -- Brenda Volk, LCSC, def Leah Larson, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Janie McCarthy, LCSC, def Keli Stearns, 6-0, 6-1
No. 1 -- Hayes/Musambo, LCSC, def Fong/Whitten, 8-5
No. 2 -- Ainsworth/Johnsen, LCSC, def Brown/Lina Shanley, 8-2
No. 3 -- Volk/McCarthy, LCSC, def Nguyen/Larson, 8-3
Friday, March 7
Seattle University coasted to a 7-2 victory over Whitman Friday at
Bratton Tennis Center. Amy Fong and Thuy Ha Nguyen won the only points for
the Missionaries.
Seattle University 7, Whitman 2
Fong, a freshman, defeated Marcy Scott 6-4, 6-0 in No. 2 singles.
It was a big win for Fong, who had been struggling earlier in the
season. She rediscovered her powerful forehand and quickly dispatched
Scott in straigt sets.
No. 1 -- Erin Weller, Seattle University, def Leslie Whitten, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Marcy Scott, 6-4, 6-0
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman def Megan Joyce, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Denise Ayakala, Seattle University, def Cedar Brown, 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 -- Tricia Lee, Seattle University, def Leah Larson, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Chaise Ewert, Seattle University, def Kelly Stearns, 6-2, 6-4
No. 1 -- Weller/Joyce, Seattle University, def Whitten/Fong, 8-2
No. 2 -- Ayakala/Lee, Seattle University, def Brown/Lina Shanley, 8-1
No. 3 -- Scott/Ewert, Seattle University, def Nguyen/Larson, 8-1
Saturday, March 8
The Whitman women's tennis team won its first match of the season
Saturday, defeating Northwest Conference rival Lewis & Clark 7-2 at the
Bratton Tennis Center.
Whitman 7, Lewis & Clark 2
Lina Shanley and Cedar Brown also won a close three-set match in No. 2
doubles. Their scores were 3-6, 6-4, 6-1.
No. 1 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Loren Blank 7-5, 6-1
No. 2 -- Leslie Davidson, Lewis and Clark, def Amy Fong 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, Katherine Figenshau, 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 -- Nicole Rager, Lewis and Clark, def Cedar Brown, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Kelly Lange, 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Megan Retherford, 6-2, 7-5
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Blank/Davidson, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) 6-3
No. 2 -- Brown/Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Figenshau/Rager, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, def Lange/Retherford, 6-1, 6-1
Sunday, March 9
Whitman ended a long and exhausting weekend with a 6-3 victory over
Albertson College at Bratton Tennis Center. It was the home team's third
match in as many days.
Whitman 6, Albertson 3
Whitman's Leah Larson at No. 5 and Keli Stearns No. 6 won their
singles matches easily.
No. 1 -- Ione Sawau, Albertson, def Leslie Whitten, 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Brandy Martin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
No. 3 -- Barbara Trajkovska, Albertson, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 6-0, 7-5
No. 4 -- Cedar Brown, Whitman, def Jocelyn Duenos, 6-0, 3-6, 6-0
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Robin Richardson, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Jen Bauer, 6-2, 6-2
No. 1 -- Sawau/Martin, Albertson, def Whitten/Fong, 8-4
No. 2 -- Brown/Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Trajkovska/Bauer, default
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, def Duenos/Richardson, 8-5
Saturday, March 15
Willamette 6, Whitman 3
With Whitman getting victories from Amy Fong in No. 2 singles and Thuy Ha
Nguyen in No. 3 singles, the Missionaries grabbed the early lead in a
Northwest Conference match played at Willamette University. But the host
Bearcats rallied to win the remainder of the singles matches, as well as
two of three doubles matches, to take a 6-3 victory.
No. 1 -- Brooke Gannon, Willamette, def Leslie Whitten, 6-4, 7-5
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Laura Ragee, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, def Allison Meier, 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 -- Renee Purdy, Willamette, def Lina Shanley, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 -- Jesse Logan, Willamette, def Leah Larson, 7-6, 7-5
No. 6 -- Amy Rayborn, Willamette, def Keli Stearns, 6-1, 7-5
No. 1 -- Gannon/Ragee, Willamette, def Whitten/Fong, 7-5, 6-4
No. 2 -- Meier/Purdy, Willamette, def Shanley/Cedar Brown, 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, Rayborn/Tamako Hara, 7-6, 6-4
Saturday, March 15
Puget Sound 6, Whitman 3
Dueling with its second opponent of the day, Whitman dropped a 6-3
Northwest Conference decision to the University of Puget Sound in a match
played in Salem, Oregon. Three set-victories in No. 4 and No. 6 doubles
swung the outcome in Puget Sound's favor.
No. 1 -- Mari Hrebriar, Puget Sound, def Leslie Whitten, 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Jeanne Moar, 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Judy Jonasson, Puget Sound, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 -- Myra Jacobs, Puget Sound, def Cedar Brown, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Ariel Johnson, Puget Sound, def Leah Larson, 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 -- Stacy Porter, Puget Sound, def Keli Stearns, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Hrebriar/Moar, 8-6
No. 2 -- Jonasson/Porter, Puget Sound, def Brown/Shanley, 9-7
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, def Jacobs/Johnson, 9-8
Monday, March 17
Whitman 7, California Lutheran College 2
Whitman opened its Spring Break swing through California with a solid
7-2 victory over California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
No. 1 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Karrin Benson, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Alia Gustafson, 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, Cindy Bear, 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 -- Heather Szabo, Cal Lutheran, def Cedar Brown, 6-1, 6-3
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Jennifer Otto, 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Shane Anderson, 6-2, 6-2
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Gustafson/Bear, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Brown/Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Szabo/Benson, 6-3, 7-5
No. 3 -- Jill Embree/Karrie Matson, Cal Lutheran, def Larson/Nguyen, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5)
Tuesday, March 18
With four players ranked nationally in the NAIA, Westmont College posted
an 8-1 victory over visiting Whitman in a non-conference match played in
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Westmont 8, Whitman 1
No. 1 -- Bryann Abby, Westmont, def Leslie Whitten, 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 -- Kara Gochnour, Westmont, def Amy Fong 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
No. 3 -- Jen Gutierrez, Westmont, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 -- Sonya Herke, Westmont, def Cedar Brown, 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Stacey Roberts, Westmont, def Leah Larson, 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Angela Chua, Westmont, def Keli Stearns, 6-1, 6-0
No. 1 -- Abby-Gochnour, Westmont, def Whitten/Fong, 8-4
No. 2 -- Gutierrez/Chua, Westmont, def Brown/Lina Shanley, 8-3
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, def Herke-Roberts, 8-6
Wednesday, March 19
Southern California College 6, Whitman 3
A trio of three-set victories in singles play powered Southern California
College to a 6-3 victory over visiting Whitman in a match played in Costa
Mesa, Calif.
No. 1 -- Serena Xie, SCC, def Leslie Whitten, 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 -- Carin Crawford, SCC, def Amy Fong, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 -- Michele Tamplin, SCC, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- Cedar Brown, Whitman, def Jennifer Olim, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 -- Amy Tate, SCC, def Leah Larson, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4
No. 6 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Catherine White, 6-1, 6-2
No. 1 -- Crawford/Tamplin, SCC, def Whitten/Fong, 8-3
No. 2 -- Xie-Tate, SCC, def Brown/Lina Shanley, 8-2
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, def Olim/White, 8-6
Thursday, March 20
Whitman evened its Spring Break record at 2-2 with a 9-0 victory over
Chapman University in Orange, Calif.
Whitman 9, Chapman University 0
No. 1 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Deborah Denio, 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Jocelyn Leyretana, 6-0, 5-7, 6-2
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, Genieve Bader, 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 -- Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Jenell Layton, 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Stephanie Snow, 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Whitman by default
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Denio/Leyretana, 8-2
No. 2 -- Brown/Leah Larson, Whitman, def Bader/Layton, 8-4
No. 3 -- Whitman by default
Friday, March 21
Whitman 8, University of La Verne 1
Whitman wrapped up its five-match swing through California with an 8-1
victory over the University of La Verne in Orange, Calif.
No. 1 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Tracy McArthur, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Catherine Padilla, 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, def Emily Judd, 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 -- Tracy Huigens, La Verne, def Cedar Brown, Whitman, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Sandy Thay, 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Pauline Duran, 6-0, 6-1
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def McArthur/Judd, 8-2
No. 2 -- Brown/Leah Larson, Whitman, def Padilla/Huigens, 8-2
No. 3 -- Nguyen/Larson, Whitman, def Thay/Duran, 8-0
Saturday, April 4
Whitman 9, Northwest Nazarene
The women's tennis team cruised to a 9-0 non-conference victory over
Northwest Nazarene College Saturday at Bratton Tennis Center. Whitman was
an easy winner in all cases except at No. 2 doubles, where Lina Shanley
and Cedar Brown dropped the first set 6-4 before rebounding
to win the next two sets.
No. 1 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Betsy Hamman 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Amanda Johnson, 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, Sara Hamilton 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 -- Cedar Brown, Whitman, def Stephanie Ridlin 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Jessica Menard, 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Jenny Kung, 6-2, 6-3
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Hamilton/Ridlin, 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 -- Brown/Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Hamman/Johnson, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, def Menard/Nicole Corbin, 6-2, 6-4
Sunday, April 5
The difference between winning and losing was almost neglible as
Willamette outlasted Whitman 5-4 at the Bratton Tennis Center.
The tide turned in Willamette's favor on a pair of three-set
victories in singles play.
Willamette 5, Whitman 4
The host Missionaries won two of the three doubles matches but
managed just two victories in singles. Whitman's
Amy Fong was an easy 6-3, 6-1 victor in No. 2 singles, while
Thuy Ha Nguyen was a 6-2, 6-2 winner in No. 3 singles. Nguyen also teamed
with Leah Larson to capture the No. 3 doubles match.
No. 1 -- Brooke Gannon Willamette, def Leslie Whitten 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Laura Ragee, 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, def Alison Meyier, 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 -- Renee Purdy Willamette, def Cedar Brown, 7-6 (9-7), 4-6, 6-1
No. 5 -- Jesse Logan, Willammete, def Leah Larson, 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
No. 6 -- Amy Rayborn, Willamette, def Keli Stearns, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2
No. 1 -- Gannon/Ragee, Willamette, def Whitten/Fong, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Brown/Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Meyier/Purdy, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-4
No. 3 -- Larson/Nguyen, Whitman, def Rayborn/Tamako Hara, 6-2, 6-2
Friday, April 11
A pair of three-set matches were the difference Friday afternoon
as Whitworth defeated Whitman 6-3 in a Northwest Conference
tennis match in Wenatchee, Wash.
Whitworth 6, Whitman 3
Whitman's Amy Fong, playing No. 1 singles for the first time this season,
lost in three sets, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. Leslie Whitten, playing in the No. 2
spot for Whitman, won 6-2, 6-4, while Thuy Ha Nguyen continued her
winning ways in No. 3 singles.
No. 1 -- Joelle Staudinger, Whitworth, def Amy Fong, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Tara Fiebick, 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, def, Jodi Baker, 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- Lisa Peterson, Whitworth, def, Cedar Brown, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Tara Bonelli, Whitworth, def Leah Larson, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 -- Lisa Bensheidt, Whitorth, def Lina Shanley, 6-1, 6-4
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Baker/Fiebick, 6-0, 6-4
No. 2 -- Staudinger/Bensheidt, Whitworth, def Brown/Shanley, 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 -- Bonelli/Dawn Eliassen, Whitworth, def Nguyen/Larson 6-2, 6-7,
(7-5), (7-4)
Saturday, April 12
Pacific Lutheran University won three three-set matches to defeat
Whitman 7-2 Saturday morning in Wenatchee.
PLU 7, Whitman 2
Leah Larson was Whitman's sole winner in singles. She won 6-3, 6-3 in the
No. 5 slot. Amy Fong and Leslie Whitten were the only winners in doubles
for the Missionaries. They won by scores of 2-6, 6-3 and 7-4, with the the
third set being decided in a tie-breaker because of time constraints.
No. 1 -- Janel Broderson, PLU, def Amy Fong, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
No. 2 -- Karen Schmidt, PLU, def Leslie Whitten, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
No. 3 -- Krissy Summers, PLU, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Alexa Marsh, PLU def, Cedar Brown, 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def, Lisa Douar, 6-3, 6-3
No. 6 -- Kristi Benson, PLU, def Lina Shanley, 7-5, 2-6, 6-3
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Broderson/Schmidt, 2-6, 6-3, (7-4)
No. 2 -- Summers/Marsh, PLU, def Brown/Shanley, 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Douar/Benson, PLU, def Nguyen/Larson, 6-3, 6-3
Saturday, April 12
After dropping its first two Northwest Conference matches in Wenatchee,
Wash., Whitman salvaged the weekend by
cruising to 7-2 victory over Pacific University Saturday afternoon.
Whitman 7, Pacific 2
Whitman's Amy Fong made a strong showing in No. 1 singles, winning 6-0,
6-1. "Amy played extremely well," said
Whitman coach Jayne McCarthey.
No. 1 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Stephanie Crawford, 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Bronwyn Fletchall, 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 -- Erin Drayer, Pacific, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 -- Cedar Brown, Whitman, def Kayleen Beard, 6-0, 6-4
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Angela Kalar, 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Melanie Bush, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Crawford Feltchall, 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 -- Drayer/Beard, Pacific, def Brown/Shanley, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
No. 3 -- Nguyen/Larson, Whitman, def Kalar/Bush, 6-4, 6-3
Friday, April 18
The Whitman women lost just one set in breezing past Linfield 9-0 at the
Bratton Tennis Center. Playing at No. 5 singles, Whitman's Leah Larson
rebounded from a 7-5 first-set loss to win her match in three sets. Also
winning in singles play for the Missionaries were Amy Fong, Leslie
Whitten, Thuy Ha Nguyen, Lina Shanley and Cedar Brown.
Whitman 9, Linfield 0
No. 1 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Courtney Woodruff, 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Caci Okumoto, 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, def Lyndee Cox, 8-3
No. 4 -- Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Molly Jasper, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Lindsay Cameron, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
No. 6 -- Cedar Brown, Whitman, won by default.
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Woodruff/Okumoto, 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 -- Brown/Shanley, Whitman, def Cox/Jasper, 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- Nguyen/Larson, Whitman, won by default.
Saturday, April 19
Whitman 9, George Fox 0
Whitman closed out its Northwest Conference regular season in impressive
fashion with a 9-0 blanking of George Fox at the Bratton Tennis Center. It
was the second shutout victory in two days for the Missionaries.
No. 1 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Shawna Huges, 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Leslie Whitten, Whitman, def Kailea Curtis, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Thuy Ha Nguyen, Whitman, def Jenny Hamm, 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 -- Lina Shanley, Whitman, def Amy Gault, 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 -- Leah Larson, Whitman, def Lindsay Cameron, 7-5, 6-1
No. 6 -- Keli Stearns, Whitman, def Rachel McComb, 6-2, 6-2.
No. 1 -- Whitten/Fong, Whitman, def Huges/Curtis, 6-0, 7-5
No. 2 -- Cedar Brown/Shanley, Whitman, def Hamm/Gault, 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (9-7)
No. 3 -- Nguyen/Larson, Whitman, def Johnson/McComb, 6-2, 6-1
Sunday, April 20
Lewis-Clark State 8, Whitman 1
Freshman Amy Fong solidified her hold on Whitman's No. 1 singles slot with
an inspired victory over previously undefeated Rebecca Ainsworth of
Lewis-Clark State College, an NAIA Div. 1 powerhouse. It was Whitman's
only victory, however, as Lewis-Clark State rolled to an 8-1 victory at
Bratton Tennis Center.
No. 1 -- Amy Fong, Whitman, def Rebecca Ainsworth, 10-7
No. 2 -- Suzie Hayes, LCSC, def Leslie Whitten, 10-6
No. 3 -- Stella Muzamba, LCSC, def Thuy Ha Nguyen, 10-5
No. 4 -- Michelle Holder, LCSC, def Cedar Brown, 10-4
No. 5 -- Janie McCauley, LCSC, def Leah Larson, 10-1
No. 6 -- Brenda Volk, LCSC, def Lina Shanley, 6-4, 7-5
No. 1 -- Ainsworth/Holder, LCSC, def Whitten/Fong, 8-4
No. 2 -- Muzamba/Hayes, LCSC, def Brown/Shanley, 8-1
No. 3 -- McCauley/Hillary Johnson, LCSC, def Nguyen/Larson, 6-3, 6-3
Monday, May 19
NAIA National Tennis Championships
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Whitman freshmen Amy Fong and Leslie Whitten swept to easy opening-round
victories but then lost in the second round as singles competition began
Monday, May 19, at the NAIA National Tennis Championships in Tulsa,
Oklahoma.
Tuesday, May 20
NAIA National Tennis Championships
Tulsa, Oklahoma
There was no "luck of the draw" for Whitman freshmen Amy Fong and Leslie
Whitten when the brackets were pieced together for the doubles competition
at the NAIA national tennis championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma.