Four of the six Whitman players entered in men's singles opened with first-round victories as the Whitman Intercollegiate tennis tournament got underway Friday afternoon in Walla Walla.
Whitman senior Trevor Gamble, the No. 2 seed, opened with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Willamette's John Groat. Graham Sumioka, also a senior, won by the same scores at the expense of Willamette's Garrett Nakamatsu.
Brad Changstrom, a Missionary sophomore, breezed to a 6-0, 6-2 win over John Kercher of Spokane Community College. Adam Cho, a freshman, scored a 6-4, 6-2 triumph overe Willamette's Adam Poush.
Because they started with first-round byes, Gamble and Cho played just one match apiece on Friday. Sumioka and Changstrom both lost their second matches to drop from the singles competition. Changstrom fell 6-0, 6-2 to Lewis-Clark State's Sasa Bausovac, the tournament's No. 5 seed. Sumioka battled but eventually surrendered a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 decision to Lewis-Clark State's Levi Brown.
Two more Missionaries, senior Evan Chiang and sophomore Tyler Hass, advanced with first-round byes but then lost in the next round. Linfield's Ian McGrath downed Chiang 6-3, 6-4, while Linfield's Chris Rivera beat Hass 6-0, 7-5.
Whitman's fall tournament got started Friday on tennis courts throughout Walla Walla. In addition to Whitman's Bratton Tennis Center and outdoor courts, matches were held at the Walla Walla Country Club, Walla Walla Community College and Pioneer Middle School.
Trevor Gamble, the No. 2 seed in men's singles, notched two more victories Saturday as the Whitman Intercollegiate tennis tournament continued at courts throughout Walla Walla.
Gamble, a Whitman senior, started the day with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Charles Weathers of George Fox. Gamble then advanced to Sunday's semifinal round by beating Linfield's Brian Mullin 6-2, 6-3.
Aaron Cho, a Whitman freshman, wasn't so fortunate in Saturday's singles play. Cho fell 6-2, 6-0 to Linfield's Erik Janssen, the No. 4 seed.
In Saturday's doubles competition, Gamble teamed with sophomore Brad Changstrom to score an 8-3 victory over Linfield's Jason Clements and Justin Greene. But the Gamble-Changstrom duo, seeded No. 3 to start the tournament, then lost 8-5 in the quarterfinals to Puget Sound's Rogers Hawley and Trent Neugebauer, the No. 5 seeds.
Whitman's other two entries in doubles lost their first matches Saturday. Cho and Evan Chiang lost 8-1 to Linfield's Mullin and Ian McGrath. Tyler Hass and Graham Sumioka lost 8-2 to Nick Clayville and John Kercher of Spokane Community College.
In consolation singles play on Saturday, Hass posted two victories to advance to Sunday's semifinals. Hass was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Willamette's Josh Barnett and a 6-2, 6-1 victor over Willamette's Matt McManus.
Chiang, Whitman's other entry in consolation singles, lost his first match Saturday, falling 6-1, 6-3 to Puget Sound's Neugebauer.
Trevor Gamble in the championship bracket and Tyler Hass in the consolation draw fell one victory short of title matches as the Whitman Intercollegiate tennis tournament came to a close Sunday.
Gamble, the tournament's No. 2 seed, dropped a 6-0, 6-4 semifinal decision to Sasa Bausovac of Lewis-Clark State. Bausovac, the No. 5 seed, then captured the tournament title with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-4 upset victory over Linfield's Derek Morrison, the No. 1 seed.
In the consolation draw, Hass lost 6-2, 6-3 semifinal to Puget Sound's Trent Neugebauer. In the consolation championship match that followed, Neugebauer posted a 6-1, 6-2 win over one of his Puget Sound teammates, Noah Trubo.
Whitman's Trevor Gamble, seeded No. 11 in singles, won a pair of opening round matches Friday as the NCAA Div. III ITA West Regional Championships got underway at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton, Ore.
Gamble, a senior, opened with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Matt Hembree of Howard Payne University (Brownwood, Texas). He then knocked off Linfield's Justin Greene 6-0, 6-2 in round two.
Gamble plays a match in the "round of 16" at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, facing the No. 1 seed, Mitch Aston of Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Texas).
Two more Missionaries, junior Sam Spiegel and sophomore Brad Changstrom, also got off on the right foot Friday, winning their first matches. Spiegel rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 triumph over Ryan Wagner of the University of Dallas. Changstrom battled his way to a 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8) win at the expense of Josh Rosenthal of Southwestern University (Georgetown, Texas).
Both Spiegel and Changstrom lost their second-round matches, however. Spiegel dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to the No. 8 seed, Adam Rubenstein of Trinity University (San Antonio). Changstrom fell 6-1, 6-2 to the No. 16 seed, Stefan Parker, also of Trinity.
Graham Sumioka, a Whitman senior, drew the toughest first-round challenge in Pacific Lutheran's Gabe Svad, the bracket's No. 4 seed. Svad was victorious 6-4, 6-1, dropping Sumioka into Friday afternoon's consolation bracket.
Sumioka won his first consolation bracket match, forging a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Steve Nohrden of the University of Dallas. Sumioka resumes consolation play at 8 a.m. Saturday against Southwestern's T.J. Walthall.
The doubles portion of the tournament started later in the day Friday, with Whitman's Gamble and Changstrom teaming to post an 8-2 victory over Carl Langerhans and Reed Stafford of Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Texas).
Gamble and Changstrom, seeded No. 7 in doubles, added a second victory Friday evening, rolling to an 8-0 victory over Garret Nakamatsu and Andrew Rodgers of Willamette.
Gamble and Changstrom are slated to play a quarterfinal match at 3:30 p.m. Saturday against the No. 2 seeds, Aston and Mark Plowman of Hardin-Simmons.
Spiegel and Sumioka, Whitman's other doubles pair, lost their first match by a 9-8 decision to Matt Hembree and Jason Kiser of Howard Payne University.
A pair of highly ranked players from Hardin-Simmons University knocked Whitman's Trevor Gamble and Brad Changstrom from the NCAA Div. III ITA West Regional Championships Saturday at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton, Ore.
Gamble, a senior, lost Saturday morning in the "round of sixteen" to Mitch Aston, the tournament's No. 1 seed. The scores were 6-4, 6-2. Gamble was seeded No. 11 in singles.
Aston and his doubles partner, Andrew Plowman, then beat Gamble and sophomore Brad Changstrom in Saturday afternoon's doubles quarterfinals. Aston and Plowman, seeded No. 2 in doubles, took an 8-5 decision from Gamble and Changstrom, who were seeded No. 7.
Graham Sumioka, a Whitman senior, dropped from consolation singles bracket Saturday morning with a 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) loss to T.J. Walthall of Southwestern University.
The Whitman men's tennis team won its first dual match of the spring season Friday, downing Northwest Conference rival Whitworth 5-2 in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Trevor Gamble sparked Whitman wins in both No. 1 singles and doubles. The Missionaries won four of of six singles matches and picked up two of the three doubles matches.
Other winners in singles for the Missionaries were Sam Spiegel, Ye-San Lin and Evan Chiang. Graham Sumioka dropped a three-set decision at No. 4 singles.
Gamble teamed with Brad Changstrom for the victory at No. 1. Lin and Gaurav Garg got the Whitman victory at No. 3 doubles.
The Missionaries travel to Lewis-Clark State on Sunday to play a non-conference dual match.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Chad Dierickx: 6-0,
6-4
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Stephen Hannaman: 7-5,
6-4
No. 3 -- Tyler Van Horn (Whitworth) def. Brad Changstrom: 6-3,
7-6 (6)
No. 4 -- Justin Swanson (Whitworth) def. Graham Sumioka: 4-6,
6-4, 6-3
No. 5 -- Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Edwin Rivera: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Evan Chiang (Whitman) def. Brian Walters: 6-2,
6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Dierickx/Van Horn:
8-5
No. 2 -- Hannaman/Swamson (Whitworth) def. Spiegel/Sumioka:
8-6
No. 3 -- Lin/Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Rivera/Walters: 8-1
With two players from Brazil and two from eastern Europe heading its line-up, Lewis-Clark State rolled to a 7-0 shutout over visiting Whitman in men's tennis action Sunday afternoon in Lewiston, Idaho.
LCSC, an NAIA tennis powerhouse, upped its record to 5-3 on the season. Whitman is 1-1 overall, 1-0 in its Northwest Conference.
Sunday's best battles came in No. 1 and No. 6 singles. In the top spot, Whitman's Trevor Gamble lost in three sets to Jan Solcani, an LCSC senior from Slovakia. Evan Chiang also lost in three sets in the No. 6 slot.
In No. 3 doubles, Whitman's Ye-San Lin and Gaurav Garg dropped a close 8-5 decision.
Singles
No. 1 -- Jan Solcani (LCSC) def. Trevor Gamble: 6-2, 3-6,
6-1
No. 2 -- Sasa Bausovac (LCSC) def. Sam Spiegel: 6-1,
6-4
No. 3 -- Joao Oliveira (LCSC) def. Brad Changstrom: 6-1,
6-2
No. 4 -- Guilherme Martins (LCSC) def. Graham Sumioka: 6-1,
6-0
No. 5 -- Tyler Neill (LCSC) def. Ye-San Lin: 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 -- Levi Brown (LCSC) def. Evan Chiang: 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Solcani/Oliveira (LCSC) def. Gamble/Changstrom:
8-3
No. 2 -- Bausovac/Martins (LCSC) def. Spiegel/Sumioka:
8-3
No. 3 -- Neill/Brown (LCSC) def. Lin/Gaurav Garg: 8-5
The Whitman men's tennis team swept Northwest Conference rival Willamette Saturday, 7-0 in Salem, Ore. The Missionaries remained undefeated in conference matches at 2-0, and are 2-1 overall. Willamette is 0-5 on the year.
Trevor Gamble lost just one game is winning No. 1 singles and then teamed up with Brad Changstrom to win No. 1 doubles, 8-2. Changstrom also won his No. 2 singles match, 6-3, 6-2.
Whitman lost just one set the entire day. Graham Sumioka was beat 6-4 in the first set of his No. 3 singles, but rallied to win the next two, 6-2 and 6-1. Ye-San Lin, Gaurav Garg, and Evan Chiang finished of the singles sweep for the Missionaries without losing any more than two games in a given set.
Whitman's No. 2 and No. 3 doubles teams were just as dominating as its No. 1. Lin and Garg won 8-5 while Sumioka and Chiang finished off their opponents 8-3.
Whitman plays Linfield tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. in McMinnville, Ore.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. David Stiles: 6-0,
6-1
No. 2 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Greg Reinert: 6-3,
6-2
No. 3 -- Graham Sumioka (Whitman) def. Matt McManus: 4-6, 6-2,
6-1
No. 4 -- Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Andrew Rodgers: 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Josh Barnett: 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Evan Chiang (Whitman) def. Andy Frey: 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Stiles/Reinert:
8-2
No. 2 -- Lin/Garg (Whitman) def. McManus/Garisson: 8-5
No. 3 -- Sumioka/Chiang (Whitman) def. Nakamatsu/Rodgers: 8-3
Senior Trevor Gamble was the only winner Sunday as the Whitman men's tennis team lost a rain-shortened 5-1 Northwest Conference decision to Linfield in McMinnville, Ore. The Missionaries fell to 2-2 on the season, and 2-1 in the NWC, after a weekend split with Linfield and Willamette.
Gamble, who downed Linfield's Alex Martin 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 1 singles match, finished the weekend with victories in three of his four singles and doubles matches.
In the No. 5 singles match Sunday, Whitman's Gaurav Garg was leading 4-2 in the deciding third set when the match was halted because of rain.
Ye-San Lin at No. 5 singles and Evan Chiang at No. 6 lost their matches in three sets, after having won 6-1 decisions in their first sets. Chiang dropped his second set on a tie- breaker.
At No. 3 singles, Whitman's Graham Sumioka made a good showing before in losing 7-5 and 6-4.
The men's team travels to Tacoma, Wash. next weekend for a pair of tilts against Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Alex Martin: 6-3,
6-2
No. 2 -- Tim Layman (Linfield) def. Brad Changstrom: 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- Erik Janssen (Linfield) def. Graham Sumioka: 7-5,
6-4
No. 4 -- Justin Greene (Linfield) def. Ye-San Lin: 1-6, 6-3,
6-3
No. 5 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) leading Nick Baker: 6-7 (8-2),
6-3, 4-2 when rain halted play
No. 6 -- Jason Clements (Linfield) def. Evan Chiang: 1-6, 7-6
(8-4), 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Layman/Janssen (Linfield) def. Gamble/Changstrom:
8-3
No. 2 -- Martin/Brian Mullin (Linfield) def. Lin/Garg: 8-0
No. 3 -- Greene/Baker (Linfield) def. Sumoika/Chiang: 8-1
The Whitman men's tennis team fell to Pacific Lutheran 6-1 Saturday afternoon in a Northwest Conference matchup. Whitman dropped to 2-3 overall, 2-2 in conference play. PLU is 6-1, 6-0.
Junior Sam Spiegel notched the only victory of the day for the Missionaries, at No. 2 singles. Spiegel won his singles match 6-4, 6-3, but then fell partnered with Graham Sumioka at No. 2 doubles, 8-3.
Trevor Gamble loss a close match at No. 1 singles 7-6 (4), 7-5. Almost every match was close as Whitman lost four sets 6-4 in singles play, and Ye-San Lin and Gaurav Garg lost their No. 3 doubles match 9-7.
The Missionaries take on Puget Sound next, slated for 11 a.m. Sunday.
Singles
No. 1 -- Gabriel Svad (PLU) def. Trevor Gamble: 7-6 (4),
7-5
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Justin Ochsner: 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 -- Martin Uylangco (PLU) def. Brad Changstrom: 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- Luke Roloff (PLU) def. Graham Sumioka: 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 -- Ben Schaefer (PLU) def. Ye-San Lin: 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 -- Scott Nguy (PLU) def. Gaurav Garg: 6-4, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ochsner/Uylangco (PLU) def. Gamble/Changstrom:
8-5
No. 2 -- Luke/Nguy (PLU) def. Spiegel/Sumioka: 8-3
No. 3 -- Ben/Yoder (PLU) def. Lin/Garg: 9-7
The Whitman men's tennis team won easily at Puget Sound on Sunday, 5-2 in the Northwest Conference match. The Missionaries improved to 3-3 overall, 3-2 in NWC.
Senior Trevor Gamble led the Missionaries, winning at both No. 1 singles and doubles. Gamble teamed with Brad Changstrom in No. 1 doubles for the 9-7 win. Changstrom also won his No. 3 singles match, 6-2, 6-4.
Sam Spiegel followed Gamble's lead, winning both No. 2 singles (6-1, 6-4) and doubles with Graham Sumioka (8-6). Ye-San Lin also won his No. 5 singles match and No. 3 doubles with Gaurav Garg.
Whitman travels to Hilton Head, South Carolina next weekend for five non-conference matches.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Trent Neugebauer: 5-7,
6-2,
6-2
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Mike Hartshorn: 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Noah Swanson: 6-2,
6-4
No. 4 -- Rogers Hawley (UPS) def. Graham Sumioka: 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Jeff Belzer: 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Ryan Hulscher (UPS) def. Gaurav Garg: 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Neugebauer/Hawley:
9-7
No. 2 -- Spiegel/Sumioka (Whitman) def. Hartshorn/Ryan O'Conner:
8-6
No. 3 -- Lin/Garg (Whitman) def. Swanson/Mike Krasno: 8-6
The Whitman men's tennis team opened up its five-match trip to Hilton Head, S.C. Sunday with a 7-0 sweep of Maryville College. The Missionaries improved to 4-3 on the year, and remain 3-2 in the Northwest Conference. Maryville, a Division III school from Tennessee, is 1-1 on the year.
Trevor Gamble led the charge, winning his singles match in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, and teaming with Brad Changstom to win No. 1 doulbes 8-2.
Graham Sumioka also had a great day, losing just one game in winning No. 4 doubles (6-0, 6-1) and No. 2 doubles with Sam Spiegel (8-0). Spiegel won his No. 2 singles match 6-2, 6-4.
Ye-San Lin and Gaurav Garg matched the feat, losing only one game each at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively, while combining to win No. 3 doubles 8-0.
The Missionaries play their second game of the trip versus Illinois Wesleyan University on Monday at noon.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Darren Dachelet: 6-2,
6-3
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Brad Pesterfield: 6-2,
6-4
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Cody Maupin: 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 -- Graham Sumioka (Whitman) def. Mikey Rickman: 6-0,
6-1
No. 5 -- Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Travis Fields: 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Alan Brock: 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Dachelet/Maupin:
8-2
No. 2 -- Spiegel/Sumioka (Whitman) def. Richman/Pesterfield:
8-0
No. 3 -- Lin/Garg (Whitman) def. Brock/Josh Axmacher: 8-0
After a day of rain the Whitman men's tennis team resumed play on Tuesday, falling to the University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse 5-2 in Hilton Head, S.C. The Missionaries fell to 4-4 on the year.
Trevor Gamble continued to play well, winning 12 straight games during his No. 1 singles match enroute to a 6-3, 6-0 victory. Gamble and Brad Changstrom also won their No. 1 doubles handily, 8-2.
Gamble has won three straight No. 1 singles matches and the duo has also won three straight No. 1 doubles matches. Changstrom was the only other winner in singles for Whitman, winning 7-5, 6-2 at No. 3.
A stomach pull hindered the play of Gaurav Garg as he and Ye-San Lin fell at No. 3 doubles, 8-4. The doubles point was awarded to Wisconsin-Lacrosse as Graham Sumioka and Sam Spiegel lost No. 2 doubles, 8-5. After being down 3-0 in the match, Sumioka and Spiegel battled back to tie at 4-4, but lost four of the next five.
Spiegel fell behind early in both sets of his singles match also, eventually losing 6-4, 6-4. Sumioka fell by the same score as did Evan Chiang at No. 6 singles. Lin played a tough, close match at No. 5 singles, winning the first set 7-5, but losing the next two 6-4, 6-2.
"It was our closest match we have played this year," Whitman coach Jeff Northam said, "every set of each match was competitive. Hopefully we will learn from our mistakes and be able to close out close sets in future matches."
The Missionaries continue play at Hilton Head, S.C. on Wednesday against Carthage College.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Nader Khreish: 6-3,
6-0
No. 2 -- Drew Pollek (WL) def Sam Spiegel: 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Jon Palmer: 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 -- Erik Krohn (WL) def Graham Sumioka: 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 -- Tom Dubinski (WL) def Ye-San Lin: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 -- Mike Mooren (WL) def Evan Chiang: 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Pollek/Palmer:
8-2
No. 2 -- Krheish/Dubinski (WL) def Spiegel/Sumioka: 8-5
No. 3 -- Andy Dobbins/Mooren (WL) def Lin/Gaurav Garg: 8-4
The Whitman men's tennis team fell to Lewis-Clark St. College 6-1 Wednesday at Bratton Tennis Center. The Missionaries are 4-6 on the year, 3-2 in Northwest Conference play. LCSC is 8-6.
Gaurav Garg netted the only win for Whitman, a 5-7, 7-5, 10-2 victory at No. 6 singles. The Missionaries lost five sets 6-4 and improved on its match with LCSC in February, a 7-0 loss.
Whitman plays three conference matches this weekend at Bratton Tennis Center.
Singles
No. 1 -- Jan Solcani (LCSC) def. Trevor Gamble: 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 -- Sasa Bausovac (LCSC) def Sam Spiegel: 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Joao Oliveira (LCSC) def. Brad Changstrom: 7-5, 6-2
No. 4 -- Guilherme Martins (LCSC) def Graham Sumioka: 6-4,
6-4
No. 5 -- Tyler Neill (LCSC) def Ye-San Lin: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def Levi Brown: 5-7, 7-5,
10-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Solcani-Oliveira (LCSC) def. Gamble/Changstrom:
8-1
No. 2 -- Bausovac-Martins (LCSC) def Spiegel/Sumioka: 8-3
No. 3 -- Neill-Brown (LCSC) def Lin/Gaurav Garg: 8-4
Winning all nine matches of the evening, the Whitman men's tennis team easily defeated visiting George Fox 7-0 Friday in Northwest Conference action at Bratton Tennis Center. The Missionaries improved their overall record to 5-6, and are 4-2 in conference play. George Fox is 2-6, 1-5.
Whitman ended a three-match losing streak with the victory, although all three losses were non-conference.
The Missionaries won all but one set on the night. Graham Sumioka fell behind at No. 4 singles after losing the first set 3-6, but battled back to win the next two, 6-0, 6-1. Trevor Gamble continued to play well at No. 1 singles, winning 6-2, 6-2 to improve his season record to 7-3.
Sam Spiegel won No. 2 singles 6-3, 6-2, and then teamed with Brad Changstrom to win No. 1 singles 8-3. Gamble, who usually plays No. 1 doubles with Changstrom, played with Tim Lenihan at No. 2 doubles and won 8-6. Changstrom cruised to victory in his No. 3 singles match 6-0, 6-1. Gaurav Garg and Lenihan won their matches at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively.
The Missionaries continue with conference play at Bratton Tennis Center on Saturday, with a 12:30 match against Pacific University.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Joe Gonzales: 6-2,
6-2
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Matt Leininger: 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Yu Shoji: 6-0, 6-1,
No. 4 -- Graham Sumioka (Whitman) def. Derek Dougherty: 3-6,
6-0, 6-1
No. 5 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Greg Bowman: 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 -- Tim Lenihan (Whitman) def. Eric Gregg: 7-5, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Spiegel/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Gonzales/Bowman:
8-3
No. 2 -- Gamble/Lenihan (Whitman) def. Leininger/Shoji: 8-6
No. 3 -- Sumioka/Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Gregg/Dougherty:
8-0
Continuing its dominant play at Bratton Tennis Center, the Whitman men's tennis team downed Pacific University 7-0 Saturday in a Northwest Conference match. The Missionaries improved to 6-6 overall, 5-2 in conference action. Pacific is 0-7 on the year.
Whitman didn't lose a single set in any match, and lost just 12 games on the night. Trevor Gamble won in straight sets 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, and Evan Chiang lost just one game in his 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles.
The Missionaries host Lewis & Clark College on Sunday at 10 a.m. in Bratton Tennis Center.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Scott Carothers: 6-0,
6-0
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Ben Judson: 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Tom Chewerda: 6-0,
6-3
No. 4 -- Graham Sumioka (Whitman) def. Eric Yukumoto: 6-1,
6-1
No. 5 -- Evan Chiang (Whitman) def. David Slick: 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Aaron Cho (Whitman) def. Pacific: default
Doubles
No. 1 -- Spiegel/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Carothers/Judson:
8-3
No. 2 -- Gamble/Lenihan (Whitman) def. Yukumoto/Chewerda: 8-6
No. 3 -- Sumioka/Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Pacific: default
The Whitman men's tennis team remained unbeaten in Northwest Conference play at Bratton Tennis Center with a 7-0 victory over Lewis & Clark College Sunday. The Missionaries are 7-6 overall, 6-2 in conference action. Lewis & Clark is 4-8, 4-6.
Whitman won every match in straight sets and lost just one set over three conference matches at Bratton this weekend. The Missionaries travel to Spokane to take on Whitworth on Wednesday, April 9 before returning home for their final two matches.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Tommy Brasier: 6-2,
6-3
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Zach Mann: 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Brendan Livingston: 6-1,
6-0
No. 4 -- Graham Sumioka (Whitman) def. Tim Hopp: 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Sho Shinomiya: 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 -- Aaron Cho (Whitman) def. Ben Ross: 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Brasier/Livingston:
8-6
No. 2 -- Sumioka/Spiegel (Whitman) def. Mann/Shinomiya: 8-6
No. 3 -- Garg/Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Rhett Tatum/Hopp: 8-0
The Whitman men's tennis team won its fifth straight Northwest Conference match-up Wednesday, defeating Whitworth College 6-1 in Spokane, Wash. The Missionaries improved to 8-6 overall, 7-2 in the NWC. Whitworth is 7-7, 4-5.
Whitman won all but one singles match. The one loss was at No. 4 singles, in which Graham Sumioka took a hard fought 7-6, 7-5 loss. Trevor Gamble won a three set match at No. 1 singles to notch his 10th victory of the season in singles play. Gamble is 10-3 overall, and 8-1 against Northwest Conference opponents.
The Missionaries conclude their conference schedule with two home matches this weekend against Linfield and Willamette.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Chad Dierickx: 4-6, 6-4,
6-4
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Stephen Hannaman: 6-0,
6-3
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Tyler Van Horn: 6-1,
6-2
No. 4 -- Justin Swanson (Whitworth) def. Graham Sumioka: 7-6,
7-5
No. 5 -- Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Edwin Rivera: 3-6, 6-4,
6-4
No. 6 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Justin Glaser: 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Deirickx/Van Horn:
8-4
No. 2 -- Swanson/Hannaman (Whitworth) def. Sumioka/Spiegel:
8-4
No. 3 -- Garg/Lin (Whitman) def. Brian Walters/Rivera: 8-4
The Whitman men's tennis team's five-game Northwest Conference win streak was snapped by Linfield College Saturday afternoon in Walla Walla. The Wildcats won all three doubles matches and finished off the Missionaries 5-2. Whitman dropped to 8-7 overall, 7-3 in NWC play. Linfield remains undefeated in conference play, at 11-0.
Sam Spiegel and Brad Changstrom tallied the only victories on the day, winning at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively. It was Spiegel's fifth consecutive win in the No. 2 slot, and Changstom's fifth straight playing No. 3 singles. Trevor Gamble was downed by Linfield's No. 1 Alex Martin 6-4, 6-4. Gamble defeated Martin earlier this year 6-3, 6-2.
The Missionaries play their final conference match Sunday versus Willamette, starting at 9 a.m.
Singles
No. 1 -- Alex Martin (Linfield) def. Trevor Gamble: 6-4,
6-4
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Tim Layman: 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Erik Janssen: 6-3,
7-5
No. 4 -- Chris Rivera (Linfield) def. Graham Sumioka: 5-7, 6-2,
6-2
No. 5 -- Justin Greene (Linfield) def. Ye-San Lin: 6-0, 6-4
No. 6 -- Brian Mullin (Linfield) def. Gaurav Garg: 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Layman/Janssen (Linfield) def. Gamble/Changstrom:
8-5
No. 2 -- Martin/Mullin (Linfield) def. Sumioka/Spiegel: 8-4
No. 3 -- Greene/Nick Baker (Linfield) def. Garg/Lin: 8-5
The Whitman men's tennis team ended its regular season on a high note Sunday, defeating Willamette 7-0 and winning all but one match. The Missionaries go into the conference championships with a 9-7 overall record, 8-3 in conference play.
The Northwest Conference Championships take place next weekend in Yakima, Wash.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Greg Reinert: 6-2,
6-2
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Matt McManus: 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Andrew Rogers: 6-0,
6-0
No. 4 -- Graham Sumioka (Whitman) def. Josh Barnett: 6-1,
6-2
No. 5 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Garrett Nakamatsu: 6-1,
6-1
No. 6 -- Evan Chiang (Whitman) def. Read McFaddin: 6-3, 2-6,
10-8
Doubles
No. 1 -- McManus/Reinert (Willamette) def. Gamble/Changstrom:
8-6
No. 2 -- Sumioka/Spiegel (Whitman) def. Nakamatsu/Rodgers:
8-6
No. 3 -- Garg/Lin (Whitman) def. Andy Frey/Barnett: 8-5
There were no surprises this morning as the Whitman men's tennis team swept to a 7-0 victory over Lewis & Clark in the opening round of the Northwest Conference Men's Tennis Championships in Yakima, Wash.
Playing at West Valley High School, the Missionaries picked off the doubles point by sweeping the three matches in doubles.
Sophomore Brad Changstrom and juniors Ye-San Lin and Gaurav Garg were easy winners in singles, losing no more than two games in any one set. Senior Graham Sumioka also had a relatively easy match, winning 6-1, 7-5.
In the top two spots, senior Trevor Gamble and junior Sam Spiegel needed three sets to finish off their opponents. Because the match outcome had already been decided, the top two singles matches were decided by a 10-point tie-breaker rather a full third set. Gamble, now 10-2 this spring against NWC opponents, won a 10-6 decision in his third-set tie-breaker. Spiegel, who upped his conference mark to 10-0, was a 10-3 winner in his tie-breaker.
The shutout victory was Whitman's second this season at Lewis & Clark's expense.
Seeded No. 3 in the tournament, Whitman advances to a 2 p.m. second round match at the Yakima Tennis Club. Depending on other results this morning, the Missionaries will probably play either Linfield or Pacific Lutheran, the top two seeds.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Tommy Brasier: 6-7, 6-2,
10-6
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Zach Mann: 7-6, 2-6, 10-3
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Brendan Livingston: 6-1,
6-0
No. 4 -- Graham Sumioka (Whitman) def. Tim Hopp: 6-1, 7-5
No. 5 -- Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Ben Ross: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Gaurav Garg (Whitman) def. Rhett Tatum: 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Brasier/Livingston:
8-3
No. 2 -- Sumioka/Spiegel (Whitman) def. Mann/Ross: 8-6
No. 3 -- Garg/Lin (Whitman) def. Tatum/Hopp: 8-4
The Whitman men's tennis team was no match for Pacific Lutheran Friday afternoon in the semifinals of the Northwest Conference Men's Tennis Championships at the Yakima Tennis Club. The Lutes powered their way to a 7-0 shutout to advance to Saturday's title match against defending champ Linfield.
"PLU played a great match, up and down its line-up," Whitman coach Jeff Northam said. "We obviously didn't play our best match of the season, but we didn't play a bad match either. They just took it to us."
Sophomore Brad Changstrom nearly notched a point for the Missionaries in the No. 3 singles match. After Changstrom and PLU's Martin Uylangco split the first two sets, Uylangco took the abbreviated third set on a 10-5 tie-breaker.
Whitman concludes its season Saturday against Whitworth in a battle for third and fourth place. Whitworth lost to Linfield in Friday's other semifinal. Earlier this season, Whitman scored a pair of victories over Whitworth, 5-2 and 6-1.
Singles
No. 1 -- Reid Wiggins (PLU) def. Trevor Gamble: 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- Justin Ochsner (PLU) def. Sam Spiegel: 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 -- Martin Uylangco (PLU) def. Brad Changstrom: 6-3, 5-7,
10-5
No. 4 -- Luke Roloff (PLU) def. Graham Sumioka: 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 -- Ben Schaefer (PLU) def. Ye-San Lin: 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 -- Scott Nguy (PLU) def. Gaurav Garg: 7-5, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ochsner/Uylangco (PLU) def. Gamble/Changstrom: 8-5
No. 2 -- Wiggins/Schaefer (PLU) def. Spiegel/Sumioka: 8-4
No. 3 -- Roloff/Nguy (PLU) def. Lin/Garg: 8-0
The Whitman men's tennis team wrapped up its season in impressive fashion Saturday morning, steamrolling Whitworth 6-1 to claim third place at the Northwest Conference Men's Tennis Championships at the Yakima Tennis Club.
The Missionaries also made a good showing in terms of season-ending awards. Senior Trevor Gamble and junior Sam Spiegel were named to the All-NWC First Team, while sophomore Brad Changstrom earned Second Team honors. Gamble also was named NWC Sportsman of the Year, an award that Whitman's Tim Mullin (now graduated) won the two previous years.
Whitman swept the three doubles matches to start Saturday's finale against Whitworth. At No. 2 doubles, Spiegel and senior Graham Sumioka gained a measure of revenge with an 8-4 victory over Justin Swanson and Stephen Hannaman, a team to which they had lost twice earlier in the season.
Gamble, Spiegel, Changstrom, junior Ye-San Lin and senior Evan Chiang all posted straight-set victories for the Missionaries in singles. Chiang, filling in for Gaurav Garg, claimed the match-clinching victory in winning at No. 6 singles. Garg sprained an ankle in Friday's match against Pacific Lutheran.
Playing No. 1 singles, Gamble finished his senior season with an 11-3 record against NWC opponents. Spiegel concluded his junior campaign with an 11-1 NWC record at No. 2 singles. Playing mostly at No. 3 singles, Changstrom was 10-4 against conference opponents.
Singles
No. 1 -- Trevor Gamble (Whitman) def. Chad Dierickx: 6-2,
7-6
No. 2 -- Sam Spiegel (Whitman) def. Stephen Hannaman: 7-5,
6-2
No. 3 -- Brad Changstrom (Whitman) def. Tyler Van Horn: 6-2,
7-6
No. 4 -- Justin Swanson (Whitworth) def. Graham Sumioka: 6-1,
6-4
No. 5 -- Ye-San Lin (Whitman) def. Edwin Rivera: 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 -- Evan Chiang (Whitman) def. Justin Glaser: 7-6, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gamble/Changstrom (Whitman) def. Deirickx/Van Horn:
8-4
No. 2 -- Sumioka/Spiegel (Whitman) def. Swanson/Hannaman: 8-4
No. 3 -- Aaron Cho/Lin (Whitman) def. Brian Walters/Rivera:
8-6