A total of six Whitman women moved through the opening round of singles play as the Whitman Intercollegiate tennis tournament got underway Friday in Walla Walla.
Paola Vizcaino, a Whitman junior and the No. 1 seed, advanced automatically when a scheduled opponent did not show. Missionary sophomore Jennifer Schwartz, the No. 6 seed, rolled to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Pacific Lutheran's Emily Sinn.
First-year player Elizabeth Claxton advanced to Saturday's play with a 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Keri Ingraham of George Fox. Sophomore Carissa Klarich bounced back from an opening game loss to beat Linfield's Kelsey Boys 1-6, 6-4, 6-2. Trisha Hayward, another first-year player, also won a three-set victory, beating Willamette's Ashley Layton 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.
Also advancing Friday was Amy Ferris, a first-year player who picked up a forfeit when No. 4 seed Jade-Lin Wong of Puget Sound failed to make the tournament.
Eight other Whitman players lost their first matches Friday. Sophomores Hannah Swee and Katy Newhouse dropped three-set decision. Swee lost 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 to Pacific Lutheran's Elizabeth George. Newhouse fell 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 to Heidi Stagge of George Fox.
Sophomores Christina Jesaitis and Jessica Antilla, along with first-year players Amy Ferris and Sara Suffis, lost their opening round matches to seeded opponents from Linfield. Nicole Ralston, the No. 2 seed, downed Jesaitis 6-0, 6-3, while No. 5 Traci Sorenson slipped past Antilla 6-2, 6-2. Kirsten Changstrom, the No. 3 seed, beat Ferris 6-1, 6-0, while No. 7 Lindsay Carlson beat Suffis 6-0, 6-4.
Jennifer Spears, a Whitman sophomore, lost her first match to Linfield's Caroline Kunz 6-0, 6-0. Sara Johnson, a first-year player, lost by the same count to Linfield's Kasey Stroud.
Whitman's fall tournament got started Friday on courts throughout Walla Walla, including the indoor and outdoor courts at Whitman. Competition continues Saturday with the next round of singles play and the first matches in doubles and the consolation singles bracket.
Paola Vizcaino was Whitman's big winner Saturday as play continued in the championship singles bracket of the Whitman Intercollegiate tennis tournament.
Vizcaino, a junior and the tournament's No. 1 seed, advanced to Sunday's semifinals by rolling over two opponents. The two-time Northwest Conference Player of the Year, started with a 6-1, 6-0 thumping of Linfield's Kasey Stroud. In the quarterfinals, Vizcaino blanked Linfield's Traci Sorenson, the No. 5 seed, by a 6-0, 6-0 count.
Whitman sophomore Carissa Klarich came close to advancing to the semifinals. She started Saturday with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Athena Macy, a Whitman first-year player. In the quarterfinals, however, Klarich lost in three sets (6-1, 1-6, 6-3) to the tournament's No. 7 seed, Lindsay Carlson of Linfield.
Three other Missionaries lost their first matches Saturday to drop from contention. Sophomore Jennifer Schwartz, the No. 6 seed, fell 6-3, 6-3 to Linfield's Caroline Kunz. Elizabeth Claxton and Trisha Hayward, two of Whitman's first-year players, lost to seeded opponents from Linfield. Claxton lost 6-3, 6-2 to No. 2 Nicole Ralston, while Hayward lost 6-1, 6-2 to No. 8 Lindsay Paladeni.
The tournament's doubles competition also got underway Saturday, and two of Whitman's six teams advanced to play in Sunday's semifinals.
Klarich and sophomore Hannah Swee, the No. 3 seeds, opened with an 8-4 victory over Willamette's Melody Kerber and Ashley Layton. The Missionary duo then posted an 8-3 victory over Linfield's Kunz and Stroud.
Whitman sophomore Katey Newhouse teamed with Claxton to stage a pair of victories Saturday. They started with an 8-1 win over Keri Ingraham and Vallerie Schull of George Fox. In the quarterfinals, Newhouse and Claxton outlasted Pacific Lutheran's Emily Sinn and Elizabeth Galbraith for a 9-7 triumph.
In their first doubles match Saturday, Schwartz and first-year player Athena Macy dropped a 9-7 decision to PLU's Sinn and Galbraith. Another Whitman duo, Hayward and Jessica Antilla, fell 8-2 in the opening round to Linfield's Kelsey Boys and Kirsten Changstrom, the No. 2 seeds.
Whitman senior Christina Jesaitis and sophomore Jennifer Spears lost 8-5 in their first match to Stephanie Selid and Heidi Stagge of George Fox. Two Missionary first-year players, Amy Ferris and Sara Suffis, also suffered an 8-5 defeat, losing to Linfield's Carlson and Sorenson.
Two Whitman players emerged from Saturday's consolation singles bracket, advancing to face one another in a Sunday semifinal. Ferris advanced with a 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) victory over PLU's Monica Cafferty and a 6-1, 6-0 win over Willamette's Melody Kerber. Newhouse advanced with 6-1, 6-0 victory over one of her teammates (Antilla) and courtesy of a forfeit.
Whitman's Jesaitis and Suffis each won a match before losing in Saturday's consolation quarterfinals. After beating Ingraham (George Fox) by 6-3, 6-3 score, Jesaitis lost 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7) to Willamette's Layton. Suffis downed Schull (George Fox) 6-0, 6-2 but then lost 6-2, 6-0 to Linfield's Boys.
It was no contest Sunday as Whitman's Paola Vizcaino completed her cakewalk to the women's singles title in the Whitman Intercollegiate tennis tournament.
Playing in the Bratton Tennis Center, Vizcaino pitched a 6-0, 6-0 over Linfield's Kirsten Changstrom in the Sunday morning semifinals. Later in the day, the Missionary junior downed Linfield's Nicole Ralston 6-0, 6-3 in the title match.
Vizcaino, the tournament's No. 1 seed and a two-time Northwest Conference Player of the Year, lost just four games in winning four tournament matches.
Carissa Klarich and Hannah Swee, a pair of Missionary sophomores, nearly captured a second title on Sunday. Playing in doubles, Klarich and Swee ousted the No. 1 seeds, Linfield's Ralston and Lindsay Paladeni, with an 8-6 victory in the semifinals. In the title match, however, the Whitman duo dropped an 8-5 decision to the No. 3 seeds, Kelsey Boys and Kirsten Changstrom, also of Linfield.
In the singles consolation bracket Sunday, Missionary sophomore Katy Newhouse posted a 6-1, 6-2 semifinal victory over Amy Ferris, a first-year Whitman player. In the consolation finals, Newhouse lost 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-3) to Linfield's Boys.
The Whitman women's tennis opened it season against a heavyweight on Friday, losing 9-0 to NAIA tennis powerhouse Lewis-Clark State College and its roster of players from around the globe.
Hannah Swee, a sophomore, staged a good battle for the Missionaries at No. 2 singles, falling in three sets to Khaliun Enkhjargal, a freshman from Ulaan-Baatan, Mongolia. Swee won the first set 7-5 before dropping the next two by scores of 6-3, 6-0.
Elizabeth Claxton, one of Whitman's first-year players, nearly forced three sets at No. 4 singles. After losing the first set 6-1 to LCSC Jinnie Shrestha, a senior from Kathmandu, Nepal, Claxton fell 7-6 in the second set on a protracted 14-12 tie-breaker.
Jenny Spears, a Whitman sophomore, lost 7-5, 6-4 at No. 6 singles to Sonam Yangchen, a freshman from Thimphu Bhutan.
In doubles, Claxton teamed with sophomore Jessica Antilla in an 8-6 loss to Shrestha and Daniela Poeschl, an LCSC junior from Bavaria, Germany.
Other LCSC players who played Friday are from Malaysia and Kyrgyzstan.
Singles
No. 1 -- Pei Yuin Keng (LCSC) def. Molly Mayes: 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 -- Khaliun Enkhjargal (LCSC) def. Hannah Swee: 5-7, 6-3,
6-0
No. 3 -- Ana Cornea (LCSC) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 -- Jinnie Shrestha (LCSC) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-1, 7-6
(14-12)
No. 5 -- Daniela Poeschl (LCSC) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 -- Sonam Yangchen (LCSC) def. Marta Jankowska: 7-5, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Aibika Kalsarieva/Enkhjargal (LCSC) def.
Klarich/Swee: 8-0
No. 2 -- Keng/Cornea (LCSC) def. Christina Jesaitis/Mayes:
8-2
No. 3 -- Poeschl/Shrestha (LCSC) def. Jessica Antilla/Claxton:
8-6
The Whitman women's tennis team evened its early season record at 1-1 with a 7-2 victory over Montana State-Billings, an NCAA Div. II school, on Saturday in Lewiston, Idaho.
The Div. III Missionaries swept all three matches in doubles and then won four of six matches in singles.
Molly Mayes, a Whitman junior, was a straight-set winner in No. 1 singles. Other Missionaries winning in singles were sophomore Hannah Swee at No. 4, senior Christina Jesaitis at No. 5, and freshman Marta Jankowska at No. 6.
Swee teamed with Carissa Klarich, also a sophomore, for an 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles. Mayes and freshman Elizabeth Claxton posted an 8-6 victory at No. 2 doubles, while sophomores Katy Newhouse and Jessica Antilla won 8-3 at No. 3.
Whitman plays its first home match of the season when the University of Hawaii visits Bratton Tennis Center at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Singles
No. 1 -- Molly Mayes (Whitman) def. Amanda Schlosser: 6-4,
6-1
No. 2 -- Rachel Hertz (MSU-B) def. Cariss Klarich: 7-5,
6-3
No. 3 -- Becky Fry (MSU-B) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Jenni Howe: 6-4, 7-6
(8-6)
No. 5 -- Christina Jesaitis (Whitman) def. Margot Merrill-
Johnson: 6-1, 6-7, 1-0 (8-6)
No. 6 -- Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Tara Heinrich: 6-1,
6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Swee/Klarich (Whitman) def. Howe/Hertz: 8-2
No. 2 -- Mayes/Claxton (Whitman) def. Fry/Schlosser: 8-6
No. 3 -- Katy Newhouse/Jessica Antilla (Whitman) def.
Heinrich/Merrill-Johnson: 8-3
The University of Hawaii, an NCAA Div. I school, rolled to a dominating 9-0 victory over the Whitman women's tennis team Wednesday afternoon in the Bratton Tennis Center.
In singles, the Missionaries managed no win no more than two games in any single set. Whitman's best showing in doubles came at No. 3 doubles, where sophomore Jessica Antilla and first-year player Marta Jankowska lost 8-3.
Now 1-2 to start the season, Whitman hosts its first Northwest Conference match on Saturday, Feb. 22, against Whitworth.
Singles
No. 1 -- Lauren Fitzgerald (UH) def. Molly Mayes: 6-0, 6-0
No. 2 -- Stacy Hakikawa (UH) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-0,
6-2
No. 3 -- Mio Fukushima (UH) def. Hannah Swee: 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 -- Renata Camargo (UH) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 -- Justine Boutet (UH) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- Paige Mainor (UH) def. Jenny Spears: 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Hakikawa/Fukushima (UH) def. Klarich/Swee: 8-1
No. 2 -- Mainor/Fitzgerald (UH) def. Christina Jesaitis/Mayes:
8-2
No. 3 -- Boutet/Kim Curtis (UH) def. Jessica Antilla/Marta
Jankowska:
8-3
With four sophomores and a first-year player in its singles line-up, the Whitman women's tennis team dropped a 6-3 Northwest Conference decision to a senior-dominated Whitworth squad Saturday in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Whitworth seniors Jill Vaughn, Jill Huibregtse and Hope Anderson notched victories in the top three singles matches, and Vaughn and Huibregtse combined for a 9-7 victory in No. 1 doubles at the expense of Missionary sophomores Carissa Klarich and Hannah Swee.
Christina Jesaitis, Whitman's only senior, teamed with junior Molly Mayes for an 8-3 victory in No. 2 doubles.
At No. 4 singles, Swee bounced back from a first-set loss to win in three sets. Sophomore Jenny Spears rolled to a 6-2, 6-2 triumph at No. 5 singles.
Elizabeth Claxton, one of Whitman's first-year players, lost in three sets at No. 3 singles.
Singles
No. 1 -- Jill Vaughn (Whitworth) def. Molly Mayes: 6-2,
6-4
No. 2 -- Jill Huibregtse (Whitworth) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-2,
6-2
No. 3 -- Hope Anderson (Whitworth) def. Elizabeth Claxton
(Whitman): 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Kelly Roberts: 4-6, 6-4,
6-3
No. 5 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Krista Shrader: 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 -- Sandy Fugitani (Whitworth) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-4,
6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Vaughn/Huibregtse (Whitworth) def. Klarich/Swee:
9-7
No. 2 -- Christina Jesaitis/Mayes (Whitman) def.
Anderson/Roberts: 8-4
No. 3 -- April Brast/Shrader (Whitworth) def. Jessica
Antilla/Claxton: 8-4
Defending Northwest Conference champion Linfield handed the Whitman women an 8-1 defeat Saturday in the Bratton Tennis Center.
The Wildcats jumped in front early, winning the top two doubles matches by narrow margins, 9-7 and 8-6. Jenny Spears and Elizabeth Claxton tallied what would be Whitman's only team point of the day with an 8-3 victory at No. 3 doubles.
Linfield, which returns the bulk of last spring's championship team, then swept all six matches in singles. Whitman's Carissa Klarich split her first two sets at No. 3 singles before dropping an abbreviated third set by a 10-3 score.
Whitman's Molly Mayes at No. 1 singles and Claxton at No. 4 singles nearly forced their matches to three sets. Both lost one of their two sets on tie-breakers.
Singles
No. 1 -- Nicole Ralston (Linfield) def. Molly Mayes: 6-0,
7-6 (8-6)
No. 2 -- Kirsten Changstrom (Linfield) def. Hannan Swee: 6-3,
6-4
No. 3 -- Traci Sorensen (Linfield) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-0,
5-7, 10-3
No. 4 -- Lindsey Carlson (Linfield) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 7-6
(10-3), 6-1
No. 5 -- Caroline Kunz (Linfield) def. Jenny Spears: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Danielle Hoover (Linfield) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-4,
6-3
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ralston/Changstrom (Linfield) def. Klarich/Swee:
9-7
No. 2 -- Kasey Stroud/Carlson (Linfield) def. Christina
Jesaitis/Mayes (Whitman): 8-6
No. 3 -- Spears/Claxton (Whitman) def. Kelsey Boys/Sorensen:
8-3
It was no contest Sunday as the Whitman women's tennis team rolled to a 9-0 Northwest Conference victory over Willamette in the Bratton Tennis Center.
After scoring 8-4 victories in each of the three doubles matches, Whitman breezed to straight set victories in each of the six matches in singles.
Molly Mayes, the only junior on Whitman's roster, picked up the victory in No. 1 singles. Sophomores Carissa Klarich, Hannah Swee, Jenny Spears and Katy Newhouse, along with first-year player Elizabeth Claxton, completed the Missionary sweep in singles.
Swee and Klarich were the victors in No. 1 singles. Mayes teamed with Christina Jesaitis, Whitman's only senior, for the win at No. 2 doubles. Sophomore Jessica Antilla and first-year player Marta Jankowska were winners at No. 3 doubles.
Singles
No. 1 -- Molly Mayes (Whitman) def. Cortney Groves: 6-1,
6-4
No. 2 -- Carissa Klarich (Whitman) def. Melody Kerber: 6-0,
6-1
No. 3 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Ashley Layton: 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Amber Martin: 6-4,
6-0
No. 5 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Katie Ervine: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Morgan Bagge: 6-1,
6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Swee/Klarich (Whitman) def. Groves/Kerber: 8-4
No. 2 -- Christina Jesaitis/Mayes (Whitman) def. Layton/Martin:
8-4
No. 3 -- Jessica Antilla/Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def.
Bagge/Ervine: 8-4
The Whitman women's tennis team pulled out a narrow victory Friday evening, 5-4 over Puget Sound in a Northwest Conference match. The Missionaries improved to 3-4 overall, 2-2 in the NWC. UPS is 2-2, 2-2.
Whitman won two of the three doubles matches. Hannah Swee and Carissa Klarich won No. 1 doubles 8-3, and Jessica Antilla and Jenny Spears won 8-6 at No. 3 doubles. Swee also won a hard fought No. 2 singles match, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0. Spears and Katy Newhouse won the other two points for the Missionaries, and No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively.
Whitman takes on PLU at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
Singles
No. 1 -- Jade-Lin Wong (UPS) def. Molly Mayes: 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Alyssa Newton: 6-2, 4-6,
6-0
No. 3 -- Ali Mathieu (UPS) UPS def. Carissa Klarich: 7-5, 6-1
No. 4 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Molly Clevenger: 6-2,
6-4
No. 5 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Sarah Mars: 6-2, 6-7,
7-5
No. 6 -- Nicole Sherwood def. Christina Jesaitis: 2-6, 5-4
(ret.)
Doubles
No. 1 -- Swee/Klarich (Whitman) def. Wong/Newton: 8-3
No. 2 -- Mathieu/Clevenger (UPS) def. Jesaitis/Mayes: 8-3
No. 3 -- Jessica Antilla/Spears (Whitman) def. Brooke
Olsen/Samuri Farris: 8-6
The Whitman women's tennis team extended its win streak to three Saturday with a 6-3 victory over visiting Pacific Lutheran in a Northwest Conference counter. The Missionaries improved to 4-4 overall, 3-2 in NWC play. PLU is 2-3, 2-3.
Whitman lost at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, but swept No. 3 through six. Hannah Swee, Elizabeth Claxton, Jenny Spears, and Katy Newhouse were all victorious for the Missionaries in singles matches.
Swee teamed with Carissa Klarich to win No. 1 doubles handily, 8-1. Jessica Antilla and Marta Jankowska won the other Missionary point in doubles at No. 3, 8-3.
The Missionaries take on Westmont College from Santa Barbara, California on Tuesday in a non-conference match.
Singles
No. 1 -- Katie Ogin (PLU) def. Molly Mayes: 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
No. 2 -- Liz George (PLU) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-2, 2-6,
5-4
No. 3 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Elizabeth Galbraith: 6-4,
6-3
No. 4 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Monica Cafferty: 7-5,
7-6 (3)
No. 5 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Emily Sinn: 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Erin Ham: 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Swee/Klarich (Whitman) def. Ogin/George: 8-1
No. 2 -- George/Cafferty (PLU) def. Spears/Mayes: 8-5
No. 3 -- Jessica Antilla/Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def.
Sinn/Tootell: 8-3
The Whitman women's tennis team was swept by visiting Westmont College 9-0 Tuesday in a non-conference match in the Bratton Tennis Center. Westmont, ranked 11th nationally in NAIA, won its eighth straight match, moving to 8-2 on the season. The Missionaries fell to 4-5 overall, and are 3-2 in Northwest Conference play.
Whitman came close to stealing a point at No. 1 doubles, where the combo of Hannah Swee and Carissa Klarich lost 9-8 (7-4). Jenny Spears played well at No. 4 singles, winning seven games in a 6-4, 6-3 loss.
Whitman's next match is Friday, March 21, when it plays Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) in Claremont, Calif. The Missionaries will play a series of Spring Break matches in California.
Singles
No. 1 -- Jenny Renfer (Westmont) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-2,
6-2
No. 2 -- Jen Goebel (Westmont) def. Hannah Swee: 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 -- Juri Otsuka (Westmont) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-1,
6-1
No. 4 -- Bethany Lange (Westmont) def. Jenny Spears: 6-4,
6-3
No. 5 -- Lynn Quitoriano (Westmont) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-0,
6-0
No. 6 -- Christiana Scolinos (Westmont) def. Marta Jankowska:
6-4, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Kendyll Whiting/Lange (Westmont) def. Swee/Klarich:
9-8 (7-4)
No. 2 -- Renfer/Quitoriano (Westmont) def. Claxton/Spears:
8-2
No. 3 -- Goebel/Otsuka (Westmont) def. Jessica Antilla/Christina
Jesaitis:
8-0
The Whitman women's tennis team fell 8-1 to Skidmore College Friday in Claremont, Calif. The Missionaries dropped to 4-6 overall with the non-conference loss. Skidmore is a NCAA Division III school from Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Freshman Elizabeth Claxton notched Whitman's only victory, a 1-6, 6-4, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles.
Singles
No. 1 -- Dawn Penniston (Skidmore) def. Molly Mayes: 7-5,
6-3
No. 2 -- Karlene Kunigiel (Skidmore) def. Hannah Swee: 6-3,
6-4
No. 3 -- Christine Gale (Skidmore) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-3,
6-4
No. 4 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Heather Fuleihan: 1-6,
6-4, 6-0
No. 5 -- Whitney Dolan (Skidmore) def. Jenny Spears: 6-1,
6-2
No. 6 -- Madeleine Pauli (Skidmore) def. Katy Newhouse:
6-1, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Penniston/Kunigiel (Skidmore) def. Swee/Klarich:
8-4
No. 2 -- Fuleihan/Dolan (Skidmore) def. Mayes/Christina Jesaitis:
8-5
No. 3 -- Gale/Rebecca Booker (Skidmore) def. Spears/Claxton: 9-8
(3)
UC Santa Cruz downed the Whitman women's tennis team 9-0 Saturday in Claremont, Calif. Whitman drops to 4-7 on the year while Santa Cruz improved to 3-6.
Singles
No. 1 -- Katie Frick (Santa Cruz) def. Molly Mayes: 6-3,
6-3
No. 2 -- Sara Moglen (Santa Cruz) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-0,
6-0
No. 3 -- Ellen Ganz (Santa Cruz) def. Hannah Swee: 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 -- Heather Ulrey (Santa Cruz) def. Elizabeth Claxton:
6-4, 6-2
No. 5 -- Jocelyn Werner (Santa Cruz) def. Jenny Spears: 6-2,
6-2
No. 6 -- Erin Ness (Santa Cruz) def. Katy Newhouse:
6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Frick/Moglen (Santa Cruz) def. Swee/Klarich:
8-5
No. 2 -- Ganz/Werner (Santa Cruz) def. Mayes/Christina Jesaitis:
8-2
No. 3 -- Ulrey/Ness (Santa Cruz) def. Spears/Claxton: 8-6
The Whitman women's tennis team dropped the final match of its California road trip 9-0 to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in Claremont, Calif. Sunday. The loss leaves Whitman with a 4-8 overall record. The Missionaries are 3-2 in Northwest Conference play and resume their conference schedule against Whitworth on April 2.
Singles
No. 1 -- Becca Dutton (Claremont) def. Molly Mayes: 6-1,
6-2
No. 2 -- Beth Dinapoli (Claremont) def. Hannah Swee: 6-2,
6-2
No. 3 -- Lauren Drew (Claremont) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-0,
6-1
No. 4 -- Jirika Peterson (Claremont) def. Jenny Spears: 6-1,
6-0
No. 5 -- Kristen Handley (Claremont) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-1,
6-2
No. 6 -- Nellie Hauff (Claremont) def. Marta Jankowska:
6-2, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Frick/Moglen (Claremont) def. Swee/Klarich:
8-4
No. 2 -- Ganz/Werner (Claremont) def. Mayes/Jessica Antilla:
8-3
No. 3 -- Ulrey/Ness (Claremont) def. Newhouse/Christina Jesaitis:
8-2
The Whitman women's tennis team fell to Lewis & Clark College 6-3 Friday afternoon in Northwest Conference action. The Missionaries are 4-9 overall, 3-3 in conference play.
Jenny Spears came away with two victories on the day, winning at No. 5 singles and pairing with Elizabeth Claxton to win No. 2 doubles. Sophomore Katey Newhouse scored the Missionaries only other point, winning at No. 6 singles in straight sets.
Singles
No. 1 -- Sara Schipani (L&C) def. Molly Mayes: 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 -- Carly Groszhans (L&C) def. Hannah Swee: 5-7, 6-0, 7-6
(7-4)
No. 3 -- Mary Assini (L&C) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 -- Laura Willner (L&C) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-1,
6-0
No. 5 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Kristin Head: 2-6,
6-2 (11-9)
No. 6 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Emily Krufft:
6-0, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Schipani/Willner (L&C) def. Swee/Klarich:
8-4
No. 2 -- Claxton/Spears (Whitman) def. Groszhans/Assini:
8-3
No. 3 -- Head/Krufft (L&C) def. Mayes/Jessica Antilla:
8-5
Winning each singles match in straight sets, the Whitman women's tennis team blanked Pacific University 9-0 Saturday in Portland, Ore. Whitman improved to 5-9 on the year, 4-3 in Northwest Conference action.
Molly Mayes and Katie Newhouse lost just two games in their matches as No. 1 and No. 5 singles, respectively. The two then teamed to win No. 3 doubles, 8-1. Freshman Elizabeth Claxton lost just one game over her two matches, winning No. 4 singles 6-1, 6-0 and No. 2 doubles with Jenny Spears 8-0.
Singles
No. 1 -- Molly Mayes (Whitman) def. Erin Milliron: 6-0,
6-2
No. 2 -- Carissa Klarich (Whitman) def. Lei Tokuda: 6-2,
6-1
No. 3 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Amy Slenk: 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Josie Vu: 6-1,
6-0
No. 5 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Carey Kadohiro: 6-0,
6-2
No. 6 -- Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Jessica Buzalsky: 6-4,
6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Swee/Klarich (Whitman) def. Milliron/Tokuda: 8-1
No. 2 -- Claxton/Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Kadohiro/Slenk:
8-0
No. 3 -- Mayes/Newhouse (Whitman) def. Vu/Crystal Gillingham:
8-1
The Whitman women's tennis team won its second match of the day Saturday 7-2 over George Fox University. The Missionaries improved to 6-9 overall, 5-3 in Northwest Conference play.
George Fox managed to win only the No. 1 matches as the Missionaries swept the remaining seven.
Whitman returns home to play Lewis and Clark State College on Wednesday, April 9th. The match begins at 3 p.m.
Singles
No. 1 -- Lisa Trefts (George Fox) def. Molly Mayes: 6-3,
0-6, 6-4
No. 2 -- Carissa Klarich (Whitman) def. Stephanie Selid: 6-1,
7-6 (7-5)
No. 3 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Kristin Miller: 6-1,
6-3
No. 4 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Heidi Stagge: 6-2,
6-3
No. 5 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Keri Ingraham: 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 -- Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Laura Rogers: 4-6,
6-2 (10-4)
Doubles
No. 1 -- Trefts/Selid (George Fox) def. Swee/Klarich: 8-1
No. 2 -- Claxton/Spears (Whitman) def. Miller/Stagge:
8-3
No. 3 -- Mayes/Newhouse (Whitman) def. Ingraham/Rogers: 8-1
The Whitman women's tennis team suffered a defeat at the hands of NAIA powerhouse Lewis-Clark St. College 7-2 Wednesday afternoon in Walla Walla. The Missionaries fell to 6-10 overall and are 5-3 in Northwest Conference play. LCSC improved to 11-8 on the year.
Sophomore Katy Newhouse won the Missionaries' only singles match, a 2-6, 7-5 (10-5) victory at No. 5. Jenny Spears, named Northwest Conference player of the week last week, lost a hard fought three set match 1-6, 6-4, 6-3. In doubles, Jessica Antilla and Christina Jesaitis teamed for an 8-5 win in the No. 3 slot.
The Missionaries conclude their conference schedule with matches this weekend at Willamette University and Linfield College. Saturday's match against Willamette begins at 11 a.m.
Singles
No. 1 -- Aibika Kalsarieva (LCSC) def. Hannah Swee: 6-0,
6-0
No. 2 -- Khaliun Enkhjargal (LCSC) def. Molly Mayes: 6-0,
6-1
No. 3 -- Jinnie Shrestha (LCSC) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-1,
6-1
No. 4 -- Sonam Yangchen (LCSC) def. Jenny Spears: 1-6,
6-4, 6-3
No. 5 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Daniela Poeschl: 2-6, 7-5
(10-5)
No. 6 -- Heidi Schacher (LCSC) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-1,
4-6 (10-5)
Doubles
No. 1 -- Kalsarieva/Poeschl (LCSC) def. Swee/Carissa
Klarich: 8-0
No. 2 -- Enkhjargal/Yangchen (LCSC) def. Claxton/Spears:
8-4
No. 3 -- Jessica Antilla/Christina Jesaitis (Whitman)
def. Schacher/Shrestha: 8-5
The Whitman women's tennis team dropped a Northwest Conference match at Linfield Sunday, 7-2. The Missionaries fell to 6-11 overall, 5-4 in NWC. Linfield is 12-1, 10-0.
Jenny Spears notched a win at No. 5 singles after falling in the first set 6-3. Spears won the second set 6-4, and won the tie-break 10-4. Whitman's other win came at No. 3 doubles. Christina Jesaitis and Molly Mayes teamed for an 8-2 victory.
The Missionaries play Spokane Community College on Tuesday before heading to the Northwest Conference Championships next weekend.
Singles
No. 1 -- Nicole Ralston (Linfield) def. Molly Mayes: 6-1,
6-0
No. 2 -- Kirsten Changstrom (Linfield) def. Carissa Klarich: 7-6
(3), 6-4
No. 3 -- Lindsey Carlson (Linfield) def. Hannah Swee: 6-1,
6-1
No. 4 -- Caroline Kunz (Linfield) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-4,
6-0
No. 5 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Kelsey Boys: 3-6, 6-4,
(10-4)
No. 6 -- Danielle Hoover (Linfield) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-2,
6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ralston/Changstrom (Linfield) def. Swee/Carissa
Klarich: 8-2
No. 2 -- Stroud/Carlson (Linfield) def. Claxton/Spears:
8-3
No. 3 -- Christina Jesaitis/Mayes (Whitman)
def. Sorensen and Boys: 8-2
The Whitman women's tennis team tuned up for this weekend's Northwest Conference Championships with an exhibtion win over Spokane Community College, 7-2. The Missionaries are 6-11, 5-4.
Hannah Swee, Elizabeth Claxton and Jenny Spears all went undefeated in their matches. Swee won at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles; Claxton at No. 4 singles and No. 2 doubles; and Spears at No. 5 singles and No. 2 doubles.
The conference championships are scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Yakima, Wash.
No. 1 -- Aimee Hata (Spokane) def. Molly Mayes: 6-2,
2-6, 6-3
No. 2 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Staci Heidenson: 6-1,
6-3
No. 3 -- Marissa Flinders (Spokane) def. Carissa Klarich: 7-6
(4),
7-6 (4)
No. 4 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Gretta Erikkson: 6-1,
6-3
No. 5 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Ashley Gleave: 6-0, 7-5
No. 6 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Christine Freeman: 6-0,
6-1
Doubles
No. 1 -- Swee/Klarich (Whitman) def. Hata/Flinders: 8-6
No. 2 -- Claxton/Spears (Whitman) def. Heidenson/Erickson:
8-1
No. 3 -- Mayes/Christina Jesaitis (Whitman) def. Freeeman/Gleave:
8-3
Playing one of its best matches of the season, the Whitman women's tennis team cruised to a 7-2 victory over Puget Sound Friday morning in the opening round of the Northwest Conference Women's Tennis Championships.
Playing at Yakima's West Valley High School, the Missionaries bolted into an early lead, winning all three matches in doubles. Whitman then added victories in four of the six singles matches to complete the victory.
The triumph advances Whitman in late afternoon semifinal match against defending champion Linfield. That match will be played at the Yakima Tennis Club, where the tournament is based.
Linfield claimed its NWC crown last year by nipping Whitman 5-4 in the title match.
Winners in singles in Friday's victory over Puget Sound were Molly Mayes at No. 1, Hannah Swee at No. 2, Jenny Spears at No. 5 and Katy Newhouse at No. 6. Mayes, a junior, notched her victory in three sets, bouncing back from a 6-2 loss in the opening set.
Whitman also downed Puget Sound during the regular season, although the margin of victory was much closer at 5-4.
Singles
No. 1 -- Molly Mayes (Whitman) def. Jade-Lin Wong: 1-6, 6-4,
6-3
No. 2 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Alyssa Newton: 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 -- Ali Mathieu (UPS) UPS def. Carissa Klarich: 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 -- Molly Clevenger (UPS) def. Elizabeth Claxton: 6-1,
7-6
No. 5 -- Jenny Spears (Whitman) def. Sarah Mars: 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 -- Katy Newhouse (Whitman) def. Nicole Sherwood: 6-3,
7-6
Doubles
No. 1 -- Swee/Klarich (Whitman) def. Wong/Newton: 8-3
No. 2 -- Claxton/Spears (Whitman) def. Mathieu/Clevenger: 9-7
No. 3 -- Christina Jesaitis/Mayes (Whitman) def. Brooke
Olsen/Sammi Farris: 8-0
Defending champion Linfield handed the Whitman women a 7-2 semifinal loss Friday afternoon at the Northwest Conference Tennis Championships at the Yakima Tennis Club.
The Wildcats, undefeated this season against NWC opponents, advances to Saturday's title match against Whitworth, which beat Lewis & Clark 6-3 in Friday's other semifinal.
Whitman plays Lewis & Clark Saturday morning in a match for third and fourth place.
Thanks to the only senior and junior on their roster, the Missionaries managed one victory in the doubles matches against Linfield. Christina Jesaitis and Molly Mayes took the No. 3 match for Whitman by an 8-6 score.
Whitman's only winner in singles was first-year player Elizabeth Claxton, whose opponent retired after losing the first set 6-0.
Missionary sophomore Jenny Spears waged a good battle at No. 5 singles, losing 7-5, 6-4.
Singles
No. 1 -- Nicole Ralston (Linfield) def. Molly Mayes: 6-1,
6-2
No. 2 -- Kirsten Changstrom (Linfield) def. Hannah Swee: 6-2,
6-1
No. 3 -- Lindsey Carlson (Linfield) def. Carissa Klarich: 6-2, 6-
3
No. 4 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Traci Sorensen: 6-0,
ret.
No. 5 -- Caroline Kunz (Linfield) def. Jenny Spears: 7-5, 6-4
No. 6 -- Kelsey Boys (Linfield) def. Katy Newhouse: 6-1, 7-5
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ralston/Changstrom (Linfield) def. Swee/Klarich:
8-1
No. 2 -- Stroud/Carlson (Linfield) def. Claxton/Spears: 8-4
No. 3 -- Christina Jesaitis/Mayes (Whitman)
def. Sorensen/Boys: 8-6
Seeded No. 4 to start the Northwest Conference Championships, the Whitman women's tennis team pulled an upset on Saturday's final day of competition, knocking off No. 2-seeded Lewis & Clark 5-4 to claim third place.
Playing at the Yakima Tennis Club, the young Missionaries won two of three matches in doubles and then split the six singles matches -- despite losing two players to injury.
"It was a great way for a young team to end its season," Whitman coach Heidi Tate said.
Winners in singles for the Missionaries were sophomore Hannah Swee at No. 2, first-year player Elizabeth Claxton at No. 4, and sophomore Jessica Antilla at No. 6. Swee and Claxton captured three-set battles, while Antilla was an easy winner as a fill-in for sophomore Katy Newhouse. Both Newhouse and Jenny Spears, another sophomore, were unable to play because of sore wrists.
Marta Jankowska, another of Whitman's first-year players, nearly picked off a victory at No. 5 singles, losing her third set 6-4.
With the match starting with doubles play, Spears teamed with Claxton for an 8-6 victory at No. 2. Senior Christina Jesaitis and junior Molly Mayes wee 8-1 winners at No. 3 doubles.
In something of a surprise, Mayes was voted by conference coaches to the All-NWC First Team. Mayes, who was undefeated in conference play last year at No. 4 singles, managed relatively few victories this season playing at No. 1 singles, replacing teammate Paola Vizcaino. A two-time Player of the Year, Vizcaino is on foreign study this spring in Paris, France.
"The vote by coaches was indicative of the respect everyone has for Molly and the way she plays the game," Tate said.
Swee, who played No. 2 and No. 3 singles this season, was named to the All-NWC Second Team. Swee finished with a 7-4 singles record against conference opponents.
Singles
No. 1 -- Sara Schipani (L&C) def. Molly Mayes: 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- Hannah Swee (Whitman) def. Carly Groszhans: 2-6, 7-5,
6-1
No. 3 -- Mary Assini (L&C) def. Carissa Klarich: 0-6, 6-2,
6-2
No. 4 -- Elizabeth Claxton (Whitman) def. Laura Willner: 6-4,
1-6, 6-4
No. 5 -- Kristin Head (L&C) def. Marta Jankowska: 4-6, 6-2,
6-4
No. 6 -- Jessica Antilla (Whitman) def. Emily Krafft: 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- Schipani/Willner (L&C) def. Swee/Klarich: 8-1
No. 2 -- Claxton/Spears (Whitman) def. Groszhans/Assini: 8-6
No. 3 -- Mayes/Christina Jesaitis (Whitman) def. Head/Krafft: 8-1