First-year players Asiya Khaki and Alex Robinson won their opening round matches as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NCAA Div. III Northwest Region Championships got underway Friday at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
Khaki, who came to Whitman from Eastlake High School in Samammish, Wash., knocked off Pacific Lutheran junior Tracy Fujitani 6-4, 6-2 in their first-round match. In round two, however, Khaki dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision to the tournament's No. 2 seed, Laura Steinmetz, a sophomore at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
Robinson, who played her prep tennis at Seattle's Lakeside School, opened with a three-set rally past Linfield junior Corienne Oates. After losing the first set 6-2 and winning the second 6-4, Robinson cruised to a 10-4 super-tiebreaker win in the third set. In the second round, Robinson fell victim to the No. 7 seed, Puget Sound junior Courtney Dunham, by scores of 6-3, 6-3.
In other first-round action Friday, Whitman seniors Trish Hayward and Marta Jankowska lost in straight sets to players from the colleges in the southwestern U.S. The Yakima tournament is open to players from Whitman's Northwest Conference as well as from the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and the American Southwest Conference.
Jankowska dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Howard Payne's Cathleen Toaisithiphonexay in her first-round match, while Trinity's Leigh Pankohien skipped past Hayward 6-2, 6-4. Dropping into the consolation bracket, Jankowska lost 6-0, 6-2 to the tournament's No. 4 seed, Caroline Scott of Hardin-Simmons. After losing the first set of her consolation match, Hayward defaulted to Southwestern's Ashley Somerfeld due to complications related to asthma.
Katie Oost and Anna Bacheller, two more Whitman first-year players, bounced back from first-round losses to win matches in the consolation bracket. Oost rolled past McMurray's Amy Torti 6-1, 6-1. Bacheller blitzed McMurray's Kristen Brey 6-1, 6-0. In their setbacks in the opening round, Bacheller fell 6-2, 6-0 to Southwestern's Leslie Smith, the No. 5 seed, while Oost lost 6-2, 6-2 to Trinity's Lauren Tripani.
Oost and Bacheller will play each other Saturday morning in the second round of the consolation singles bracket.
In doubles play Friday, Hayward and Jankowska lost 8-2 to Southwestern's Jena Reblin and Amy Torti. Khaki and Oost were 8-1 losers to Trinity's Grace Hackett and Alicia Hunt, the No. 3 seeds in doubles. Bacheller and Robinson lost 8-3 to Linfield's Megan Kelly and Marina Orcutt.
Notes: Laura Steinmetz, the Trinity University sophomore who eliminated Whitman first-year player Asiya Khaki in the second round, continued to roll through the singles bracket and eventually claimed the singles title on Sunday.
Caroline Scott, the Hardin-Simmons senior who beat Whitman's Marta Jankowska in the opening round of the consolation bracket, continued her winning ways and claimed the singles consolation crown.
Trinity's Alicia Hunt and Grace Hackett won Sunday's doubles title. Hunt, Hackett and Steinmetz advance to play to play in the ITA's National Small College Championships, slated for Oct. 13-16 at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Playing teammate Anna Bacheller in the consolation bracket of Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Northwest Region Championships, Whitman's Katie Oost was at match point Saturday morning when she was forced to default due to illness. The tournament started Friday and continues through Sunday at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
Oost, a first-year player, was leading 2-6, 6-2 and 9-3 in the third-set super-tiebreaker when she defaulted. Bacheller, also a first-year player, advanced to play Puget Sound's Molly Clevenger in the consolation quarterfinals. Bacheller then lost to Clevenger 6-2, 6-2.
The Whitman women’s tennis team opened its 2006 spring season with a 6-3 loss to Montana State-Billings in a match played Saturday afternoon in Lewiston, Idaho.
In singles, the Missionaries took a pair of matches from the NCAA Div. II Bobcats. Asiya Khaki, one of Whitman’s first-year players, bounced back from a first-set loss to beat MSU junior Brianne Roney in three sets. Maura Flaherty, a Missionary junior, won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
Whitman junior Katie Collier nearly picked off a win at No. 3 singles. She dropped a 7-4 third-set tiebreaker to Nicole Byrnes, a sophomore from Brisband, Australia.
The Missionaries notched their third team point in the No. 3 doubles match. Khaki teamed with senior Amy Kunkel-Patterson for an 8-3 victory over Marta Borges, a sophomore from Lisbon, Portugal, and Victoria Fernandez, a first-year player from Madrid, Spain.
Doubles
No. 1 - McClain/Lehman (MSU-Billings) def. Jankowska/Christy Irvine: 8-1
No. 2 - Roney/Byrnes (MSU-Billings) def. Hayward/Collier: 8-2
No. 3 - Khaki/Amy Kunkel-Patterson (Whitman) def. Borges/Fernandez: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 - Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Brianne Roney: 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 – Nicole Byrnes (MSU-Billings) def. Katie Collier: 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 3 - Amy McClain (MSU-Billings) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 - Heidi Lehman (MSU-Billings) def. Emily Smith: 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 - Marta Borges (MSU-Billings) def. Trish Hayward: 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 - Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Victoria Fernandez: 6-1, 6-3
Playing their second match of the day, the Whitman women’s tennis team was no match for NAIA powerhouse Lewis-Clark State Saturday night in Lewiston, Idaho. The Warriors rolled to a 9-0 victory, dropping Whitman to 0-2 on the young season.
Senior Katie Collier made a good showing at No. 2 singles, falling 7-5 in the second set to Jamie Chan, a first-year player from Federal Way, Wash.
Lewis-Clark State got wins at No. 1 singles from Maria Resende, a junior from Uberaba, Brazil, and at No. 3 singles from Shefat Baishakhi, a first-year player from Dhaka, Bagladesh. Sonam Yangchen, a senior from Thimphu, Bhutan, contributed to one of the Warrior victories in doubles.
Doubles
No. 1 - Moorhead/Fong (LCSC) def. Christy Irvine/Jankowska: 8-1
No. 2 - Resende/Peck (LCSC) def. Khaki/Kunkel-Patterson: 8-4
No. 3 – Yangchen-Baishakhi def. Maura Flaherty/Emily Smith: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 - Maria Resende (LCSC) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 – Jamie Chan (LCSC) def. Katie Collier: 6-3, 7-5
No. 3 – Shefat Baishakhi (LCSC) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 – Rachel Moorhead (LCSC) def. Trish Hayward: 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 – Alyson Peck (LCSC) def. Anna Bacheller: 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 – Carla Jones (LCSC) def. Amy Kunkel-Patterson: 6-0, 6-0
The Whitman women’s tennis team won its Northwest Conference opener by knocking off Lewis & Clark 7-2 Friday night in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Playing its first home match of the season, the Missionaries got on top 2-1 by winning two of three doubles matches. Katie Collier and Trish Hayward posted an 8-4 triumph at No. 2 doubles, and Christy Irvine and Marta Jankowska grabbed an easy win at No. 3 with an 8-1 decision.
The Missionaries were dominating in singles, winning four matches without dropping more than two games in a single set. Junior Emily Smith won in three sets at No. 4 singles, taking the third set by a 6-0 margin.
Whitman hosts George Fox at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Morales/Nguyen (Lewis & Clark) def. Kunkel-Patterson/Khaki: 8-5
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Hashimoto/Beatty: 8-4
No. 3 -- Jankowska/Irvine (Whitman) def. Storch/Virani: 8-1
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Jessika Morales: 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Liz Nguyen: 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 -- Clio Beatty (Lewis & Clark) def. Marta Jankowski: 6-0, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Lauren Hashimoto: 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Aleta Storch: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Farah Virani: 6-1, 6-0
The Whitman women’s tennis team ran its Northwest Conference record to 2-0, and leveled its season mark at 2-2, with a 7-2 victory over George Fox Saturday in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Whitman jumped to an early 2-1 lead by winning two of three doubles matches. Christy Irvine and Marta Jankowska dropped a close 8-6 decision at No. 1 doubles, but the Missionaries got victories from Katie Collier and Trish Hayward at No. 2 and from Amy Kunkel-Patterson and Asiya Khaki duo at No. 3.
The Missionaries won five out of six matches in singles to seal the victory.
Whitman hosts to the University of Calgary at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Ngai/Dalke (George Fox) def. Jankowska/Irvine: 8-6
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Jackson/Rogers: 8-0
No. 3 -- Kunkel-Patterson/Khaki (Whitman) def. Shaw Hagler: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Courtney Ngai: 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Kelsie Dalke: 7-5, 6-1
No. 3 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Kelsie Howell: 7-5, 6-3
No. 4 -- Marta Jankowski (Whitman) def. Valerie Ring: 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 -- Laura Rogers (George Fox) def. Katie Oost: 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (12-10)
No. 6 -- Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Leilani Jackson: 6-1, 6-0
The Whitman women’s tennis team picked up a solid exhibition win against the University of Calgary Tuesday afternoon in the Bratton Tennis Center, knocking off the Dinos 8-1.
Whitman took the early lead by winning two of three doubles matches. Christy Irvine and Marta Jankowska dropped a close 9-8 decision at No. 1 doubles, losing in the tiebreaker 7-4, but Whitman grabbed easy wins in the two remaining doubles matches.
The Missionaries swept the singles matches. Asiya Khaki and Katie Collier grabbed wins in 6-4, 6-3 decisions at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively, and Trish Hayward posted an impressive 6-0, 6-0 victory at the No. 4 spot.
Whitman gets back to Northwest Conference play this weekend. They play Pacific in Forest Grove, Ore., at 4 p.m. Friday and then face defending NWC champion Linfield at 10 a.m. Saturday. The Missionaries wrap up their road weekend with a 4 p.m. Saturday match at NCAA Div. I University of Portland.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Gordon/Szpecht (Calgary) def. Jankowska/Christy Irvine: 9-8 (7-4)
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Kunc/Mujagic: 8-3
No. 3 -- Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Khaki (Whitman) def. Kwiatkowska/Vinke: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Kasia Kwiatkowska: 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Amanda Szpecht: 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 -- Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Kelly Gordon: 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 -- Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Robyn Kunc: 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Erna Mujagic: 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 -- Anna Bacheller (Whitman) def. Kristin Vinke: 6-0, 6-1
The Whitman women's tennis team got its weekend off to a good start Friday evening with its first shutout victory of the season, a 9-0 blanking of Pacific in Forest Grove, Ore.
Katie Collier and Trish Hayward dominated the No. 2 doubles match, winning 8-0. Hayward also was a 6-0, 6-0 victor at No. 5 singles. Asiya Khaki, Emily Smith and Maura Flaherty dropped just one game apiece in winning their singles matches.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Christy Irvine/Jankowska (Whitman) def. Sargent/Kjorstad: 8-4
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Erin Bayne/Tripp: 8-0
No. 3 -- Khaki/Amy Kunkel-Patterson (Whitman) def. Tanoue/Krebs: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Lauren Sargent: 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Tara Tanoue: 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Lisa Kjorstad: 6-1, 6-4
No. 4 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Crystal Gillinghamp: 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 -- Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Stephanie Trip: 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Anna Bacheller (Whitman) def. Tess Krebs: 6-2, 6-0
The Whitman women's tennis team was defeated 8-1 by defending Northwest Conference champion Linfield Saturday morning in McMinville, Ore. The loss was Whitman's first in NWC play, dropping its record to 3-1 against league opponents.
The Missionaries, now 3-3 on the season, notched their only win in the No. 3 doubles match, where Asiya Khaki and Amy Kunkel-Patterson defeated Linfield's Kelli Sides and Traci Sorensen.
Whitman was swept by Linfield in the six singles matches. The Missionaries nearly picked off a win at No. 5, where Maura Flaherty took the first set 6-3, lost the second set 6-0 and fell 10-8 in the third set super-tiebreaker.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Johnson/Rogers (Linfield) def. Irvine/Jankowska: 8-2
No. 2 -- Kuenzli/Hollin Buck (Linfield) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-1
No. 3 -- Khaki/Kunkel-Patterson (Whitman) def. Sides/Sorensen: 9-8 (7-5)
Singles
No. 1 -- Becca Johnson (Linfield) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 --Kasey Kuenzli (Linfield) def. Katie Collier: 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Megan Rogers (Linfield) def. Emily Smith: 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 -- Traci Sorensen (Linfield) def. Martha Jankowska: 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Kelli Sides (Linfield) def. Maura Flaherty: 3-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 6 -- Molly Nelson (Linfield) def. Trish Hayward: 6-1, 6-2
The Whitman women's tennis team ran into a wrecking crew in the form of the University of Portland Pilots Saturday evening. The NCAA Div. I Pilots swept the visiting Missionaries 9-0, not allowing Whitman to win a single set. The loss drops the Missionaries to 3-4 on the season.
The six singles matches were all straight-set affairs. Maura Flaherty at No. 5 and Emily Smith at No. 3 did the most damage for Whitman before succumbing. Both won a total of five games -- Flaherty falling 6-4, 6-1 and Smith losing 6-2, 6-3.
The Missionaries return to conference play next weekend. They host Pacific Lutheran University at 4 p.m. on Friday, March 3, and the University of Puget Sound at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Griffin/Kennel (Portland) def. Christy Irvine/Jankowska: 8-0
No. 2 -- Leoni/Sotysik (Portland) def. Collier/Trish Hayward: 8-0
No. 3 -- Gullickson/Tanzer (Portland) def. Khaki/Amy Kunkel-Patterson: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Lindsey Griffin (Portland) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Jaclyn Soltysik (Portland) def. Katie Collier: 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 -- Jenna Tanzer (Portland) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- Katie Kennel (Portland) def. Martha Jankowska: 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 -- Anna Gullickson (Portland) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 -- Laura Leoni (Portland) def. Anna Bacheller: 6-1, 6-1
The Whitman women’s tennis team dropped a 6-3 Northwest Conference decision to Pacific Lutheran Friday night in the Bratton Tennis Center. The outcome left both teams with 3-2 records in conference play.
All three matches in doubles were close. Two matches took a late turn in Pacific Lutheran’s favor, giving the Lutes an early 3-1 lead in the team scoring. The Missionaries picked up the victory at No. 3 doubles, with senior Amy Kunkel-Patterson teaming with first-year player Katie Oost for an 8-6 triumph.
Playing at No. 1 singles, first-year Missionary Asiya Khaki scored a big 6-3, 6-4 victory Pacific Lutheran junior Nicole Petrzelka, an All-NWC Second-Team selection a year ago. Maura Flaherty, a Whitman junior, breezed to a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 5 singles.
Missionary senior Trish Hayward lost a close battle at No. 6 singles, falling 7-6 on a 9-7 tiebreaker in the first set and then losing the second set 7-5.
Whitman faces another tough NWC opponent on Saturday when Puget Sound visits the Bratton Tennis Center for a 1 p.m. match.
Doubles
No. 1 --Petrzelka/Feltus (Pacific Lutheran) def. Marta Jankowska/Khaki: 8-5
No. 2 -- Smith/Anuraga (Pacific Lutheran) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-5
No. 3 -- Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Oost (Whitman) def. Currie/Currey: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Nicole Petrzelka: 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 -- Erika Feltus (Pacific Lutheran) def. Katie Collier: 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 -- Amanda Anuraga (Pacific Lutheran) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 -- Liz Currey (Pacific Lutheran) def. Katie Oost: 6-0, 6-3
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Roz Currie: 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Bria Smith (Pacific Lutheran) def. Trish Hayward: 7-6 (9-7), 7-5
The Whitman women's tennis team got singles wins from first-year player Asiya Khaki and senior Trish Hayward, but Puget Sound won everything else to post a 7-2 victory over the Missionaries Saturday afternoon in the Bratton Tennis Center.
The loss dropped Whitman to 3-3 in the NWC and to 3-5 on the season. The Loggers are 5-1 in conference play.
Puget Sound jumped in front by sweeping the three doubles matches. Hayward teammed with junior Katie Collier to put up a good fight at No. 2, finally losing 8-6.
Khaki rallied from a first-set loss in No. 1 singles to win in three, extending her NWC singles record to 5-1. Hayward got her win at No. 6 singles, breezing to a 6-2, 6-1 victory.
Whitman continues NWC play next Saturday, playing both Whitworth and Willamette in Salem, Ore.
Doubles
No. 1 --Snyder/Sidoff (Puget Sound) def. Marta Jankowska/Khaki: 8-2
No. 2 -- Newton/Clevenger (Puget Sound) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-6
No. 3 -- Schultz/Russell (Puget Sound) def. Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Oost: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Molly Clevenger: 6-7 (8-6), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 -- Melissa Snyder (Puget Sound) def. Katie Collier: 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
No. 3 -- Alyssia Sidoff (Puget Sound) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- Katie Russell (Puget Sound) def. Marta Jankowska: 7-5, 7-5
No. 5 -- Katie Schultz (Puget Sound) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 -- Trisha Hayward (Whitman) def. Alissa Wolf: 6-2, 6-1
Sweeping the final three singles matches, the Whitman women's tennis team rallied past Willamette 5-4 Saturday afternoon in Salem, Ore.
Now 4-3 in Northwest Conference matches, the Missionaries head to Portland to play Lewis & Clark on Sunday.
Willamette took the early lead Saturday, winning two of three matches in doubles. Senior Amy Kunkel-Patterson teamed with first-year player Katie Oost to give Whitman its only victory in doubles, an 8-6 triumph at No. 3.
Whitman seized the upper hand in singles, taking four of six matches. Winners for the Missionaries were Katie Collier at No. 2, Marta Jankowska at No. 4, Maura Flaherty at No. 5 and Trish Hayward at No. 6.
Doubles
No. 1 --Johnson/Kam (Willamette) def. Jankowska/Khaki: 8-3
No. 2 -- Anderson/Younger (Willamette) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-2
No. 3 -- Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Sarah Potts/Helvie: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Tiffany Kam (Willamette) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Alaine Anderson : 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Hannah Johnson (Willamette) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Becca Younger: 6-0, 6-2
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Meg Gilbert: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Trisha Hayward (Whitman) def. Elise Helvie: 6-0, 6-1
The Whitman women’s tennis team is back on track, soundly upending Lewis & Clark College 7-2 Sunday in Portland, Ore., to grab its second Northwest Conference victory in as many days.
The Missionaries improved to 5-3 in the NWC and 5-6 overall. The Pioneers slipped to 1-8 in both the conference and season standings.
Whitman jumped on top early, winning two of three matches in doubles. Katie Collier and Trish Hayward rolled to an 8-4 victory at No. 2 doubles, while Amy Kunkel-Patterson and Katie Oost snared the win at No. 3 by the same margin.
Whitman dominated singles play to seal the victory, led by Asiya Khaki at No. 1 singles, who won her match 6-1, 6-4. Collier followed suit at No. 2 singles with a 6-2, 6-2 win, while Marta Jankowska and Maura Flaherty picked up wins at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively. Trish Hayward closed the match with a perfect 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 6.
Whitman plays again at 2:30 p.m. Monday in Newberg, Ore., against George Fox. Whitman won 7-2 in the first match between the two teams earlier this season.
After Monday, the Missionaries take a break from conference play as they head to Hawaii next week for a Spring Break trip and a series of four matches.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Morales/Nguyen (L&C) def. Jankowska/Christy Irvine: 8-1
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Valdez/Lauren Hashimoto: 8-4
No. 3 –- Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Beatty/Storch: 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Jill Valdez: 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 –- Katie Collier (Whitman)def. Jessika Morales: 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 –- Liz Nguyen (L&C) def. Emily Smith: 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 –- Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Clio Beatty: 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 –- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Aleta Storch: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 –- Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Farah Virani: 6-0, 6-0
In a match interruped by rain, moved to a second location and finally abbreviated due to time limitations, the Whitman women’s tennis team prevailed for a 5-2 Northwest Conference decision over George Fox Monday afternoon in western Oregon.
The match began at 2:30 p.m. on the outdoor courts at George Fox and was halted by rain at about 5 p.m. with only the doubles and one singles match completed. The match resumed at about 6:30 p.m. on the indoor courts at Lewis & Clark College, which had a limited number of courts available until 9 p.m.
By the time ran out at Lewis & Clark, Whitman had an insurmountable 5-2 lead and was up one set in the matches at No. 5 and No. 6, both of which were halted early in the second sets.
Whitman took the early lead with 8-4 victories in two of three matches in doubles. Marta Jankowska and Maura Flaherty were winners at No. 1, while Katie Collier and Trish Hayward got the win at No. 2. Senior Amy Kunkel-Patterson and first-year teammate Katie Oost dropped a close 8-6 decision at No. 3.
In singles, first-year No. 1 Asiya Khaki rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 victory. The next three singles matches went to three sets each, with Whitman winning two of them. Jankowska won 7-6, 4-6, 7-6 at No. 2, and Emily Smith bounced back at No. 4 for a 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 victory. Flaherty lost her three-setter at No. 3.
At No. 5 singles, Hayward took her first set 6-4 and was trailing 2-1 in the second when time ran out. Whitman’s Anna Bacheller won a quick 6-1 first set at No. 6 and was even at 1-1 in the second.
Whitman, which downed George Fox 7-2 last month in Walla Walla, is now 6-3 in the Northwest Conference and 6-6 on the season. The Bruins
The Missionaries leave next weekend for a Spring Break trip to Hawaii, where they will play four matches. The first match is Monday, March 20, against Chaminada, an NCAA Div. II school.
Doubles
No. 1 – Jankowska/Flaherty (Whitman) def. Ngai/Dalke (George Fox): 8-4
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Howell/Lindsay Hagler: 8-4
No. 3 – Rogers/Ring (GFox) def. Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Katie Oost: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Courtney Ngai: 6-1, 6-2
No. 2 – Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Kelsie Howell: 7-6, 4-6, 7-6
No. 3 – Kelsie Dalke (GFox) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-3, 6-7, 6-2
No. 4 – Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Valerie Ring: 1-6, 6-1, 7-6
No. 5 – Trish Hayward (Whitman) leading Laura Rogers: 6-4, 1-2 (play halted)
No. 6 – Anna Bacheller (Whitman) leading Rebecca Crinnion: 6-1, 1-1 (play halted)
Brigham Young University-Hawaii, the nation's second-ranked NCAA Div. II team, overwhelmed the Whitman women's tennis team 9-0 Monday afternoon in Laie, Hawaii.
The Seasiders, who have won five of the last seven Division II national titles, improved to 13-0 on the season. They posted a 5-2 victory over Division I New Mexico earlier on Monday. Whitman, which picked up a forfeit victory over Chaminade University earlier in the day, is now 7-7 on the season.
Compounding the defeat for Division III Whitman was the loss of its No. 1 singles player, Asiya Khaki, to injury. Down a set and even at 2-2 in the second set, Khaki rolled an ankle and is expected to miss the remainder of Whitman's Spring Break matches in Hawaii.
"It's too bad because Asiya was playing well in the second set against a very good player," Whitman coach Heidi Tate said. Khaki, a first-year player, was matched against Jing Jing Liu, a junior from Changsha, China, the top-ranked player in Division II.
The Seasiders have three other players ranked nationally in Division II's top 25: Tetyana Bula, senior from Lviv, Ukraine; Petra Teller, a sophomore Budapest, Hungary; and Gurianna Korinihona, a senior from Honiara, Solomon Islands.
"They obviously play at a few levels above us, but our women made them work for their points," Tate said. "They didn't just blow us off the courts."
Whitman has matches scheduled for Hawaii-Pacific on Wednesday and Hawaii-Hilo on Friday. Tate also hopes to get a match set for later in the week against Bowdoin College, a team that is also spending its Spring Break on the islands.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Lie/Bula (BYU-H) def. Jankowska/Khaki: 8-0
No. 2 -- Teller/Korinihona (BYU-H) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-0
No. 3 -- Taylor/Rogers (BYU-H) def. Katie Oost/Amy Kunkel-Patterson: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Jing Jing Liu (BYU-H) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-0, 2-2 (inj. ret.)
No. 2 -- Tetyana Bula (BYU-H) def. Katie Collier: 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 -- Petra Teller (BYU-H) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 -- Gurianna Korinihona (BYU-H) def. Emily Smith: 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 -- Ally Taylor (BYU-H) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Natalie Rogers (BYU-H) def. Trisha Hayward: 6-3, 6-3
With its No. 1 singles player injured, the Whitman women's tennis team lost a 9-0 decision to Hawaii Pacific University Wednesday in Honolulu.
The NCAA Div. II Sea Warriors improved to 6-6 on the season. Five of their losses have come at the hands of three teams ranked in the Top 10 nationally in Division II.
Whitman slipped to 6-8 on the season. The Missionaries played without its top singles player, Asiya Khaki, who suffered an ankle injury in a Monday loss to Brigham Young-Hawaii.
NCAA Div. III Whitman failed to win a set in singles. First-year player Anna Bacheller turned in a strong effort at No. 6 singles, losing 6-4, 6-4 to Ariadna Verdejo, a Hawaii Pacific sophomore from Mar del Plata, Argentina. Others playing for Hawaii Pacific hail from Belarus, Slovakia, Sweden, and Serbia and Montenegro.
The Missionaries play next on Friday against the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Shin/Hudzikova (HP) def. Jankowska/Christy Irvine: 8-2
No. 2 -- Liuri/Ageychik (HP) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-0
No. 3 -- Paulie/Verdejo (HP) def. Katie Oost/Amy Kunkel-Patterson: 8-1
Singles
No. 1 -- Anastasia Ageychik (HP) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Elena Hudzikova (HP) def. Katie Collier: 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Isidora Liuri (HP) def. Emily Smith: 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 -- Lauren Shin (HP) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Josefine Paulie (HP) def. Trish Hayward: 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Ariadna Verdejo (HP) def. Anna Bacheller: 6-4, 6-4
The University of Hawaii-Hilo pitched a shutout in doubles and rolled to a 9-0 victory over the Whitman women's tennis team Friday in Honolulu.
Whitman, which sports a 6-3 record in Northwest Conference play, dropped to 6-9 on the season. Hawaii-Hilo, an NCAA Div. II school, improved 7-3 on the season. Its only losses have been to the nation's two top-ranked Division II teams, Armstrong Atlantic State and University of Brigham Young-Hawaii.
Two Hawaii-Hilo seniors, Mai Fujii (Fukuoka City, Japan) and Wendy Owen (Whangarei, New Zealand), got the Vulcans going with an 8-0 shutout at No. 1 doubles. The host squad also posted 8-0 victories over the Division III Missionaries at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.
Friday's loss wrapped up Whitman's Spring Break trip to Hawaii. The Missionaries lost all three of its matches, playing two without its injured No. 1 singles player, Asiya Khaki. A fourth match was canceled when Whitman's scheduled opponent wasn't able to field a full team.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Mai Fujii/Tiana Lum-Tucker (HH) def. Jankowska/Flaherty: 8-0
No. 2 -- Fukumoto/Campbell (HH) def. Collier/Oost: 8-0
No. 3 -- Owen/Arao (HH) def. Christy Irvine/Alex Robinson: 8-0
Singles
No. 1 -- Wendy Owen (HH) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 -- Sayaka Fukumoto (HH) def. Katie Collier: 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 -- Nicole Campbell (HH) def. Emily Smith: 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 -- Carolina Ardila (HH) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Akimi Kifune (HH) def. Anna Bacheller: 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Arienne Arao (HH) def. Katie Oost: 6-0, 6-1
Whitman outpaced Pacific to claim a 9-0 women's tennis victory Friday evening at the Bratton Tennis Center. Shutting out the Boxers for the second time this season, Whitman improves to 7-3 in the Northwest Conference standings. Pacific drooped to 0-11.
The Missionaries swept doubles play to take an early 3-0 lead that set the tone for the rest of match. Marta Jankowska and Christy Irvine teamed up at No. 1 doubles to blank their opponents 8-0, and Katie Collier and Trish Hayward followed suit at No. 2 doubles with the same result.
Whitman continued to dominate throughout singles play, winning all six matches. Jankowska replaced an injured Asiya Khaki at No. 1 singles and took a 6-3, 6-2 decision. Collier, Hayward, Amy Kunkle-Patterson and Katie Oost were victorious in slots two through five, with each player losing just one game.
Alex Robinson closed out the shutout with a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles.
Whitman continues NWC play at 10 a.m. Saturday with a home match against the Linfield Wildcats.
Doubles
No. 1 --Jankowska/Christie Irvine (Whitman) def. Tanoue/Kjorstad: 8-0
No. 2 --Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Tripp/Erin Bayne: 8-0
No. 3 -- Kunkel-Patterson/Oost (Whitman) def. Krebs/Samantha Richards: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 --Marta Jankowska (Whitman) def. Lauren Sargent: 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Tara Tanoue: 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Lisa Kjorstad: 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 -- Amy Kunkel-Patterson (Whitman) def. Stephanie Tripp: 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Kelly McGee: 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Alex Robinson (Whitman) def. Tessa Krebs: 6-3, 6-3
In a match that was closer than the final score shows, the Linfield Wildcats downed the Whitman women's tennis team 8-1 Saturday in the Bratton Tennis Center.
The loss drops the Missionaries to 7-10 overall and 7-4 in NWC matches. The Wildcats maintained their one-match lead over Puget Sound in the race for first in the conference, upping their NWC record to a perfect 11-0 and their overall mark to 14-2.
Trish Hayward earned Whitman's only win of the day, taking the No. 6 singles match 6-1, 6-4 over Linfield's Molly Nelson. The No. 3 and No. 5 matches both went into tiebreakers, but unfortunately for Whitman, Linfield came out on top in both. At No. 3, it was Tracey Sorensen defeating Katie Oost 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7), and at No. 5 it was Hollin Buck downing Maura Flaherty 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7).
Linfield made a clean sweep of the doubles matches. In the No. 2 slot, Katie Collier and Hayward put up a good fight before eventually being defeated by Linfield's duo of Sorensen and and Kelli Sides by a score of 8-6.
The Missionaries take to the road next weekend, playing at Pacific Lutheran on Friday, and then staying in Tacoma to face Puget Sound on Saturday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Kuenzli/Buck (Linfield) def. Christy Irvine/Jankowska: 8-1
No. 2 -- Sorensen/Sides (Linfield) def. Collier/ Hayward: 8-6
No. 3 -- Johnson/Nelson (Linfield) def. Oost/Amy Kunkel-Patterson: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Kasey Kuenzli (Linfield) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 -- Becca Johnson (Linfield) def. Katie Collier: 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 -- Tracey Sorensen (Linfield) def. Katie Oost: 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 4 -- Kelli Sides (Linfield) def. Emily Smith: 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 -- Hollin Buck (Linfield) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 6 -- Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Molly Nelson: 6-1, 6-4
Pacific Lutheran pulled out a pair of close victories in singles to pin a 6-3 defeat on the Whitman women’s tennis team Friday afternoon in Tacoma, Wash. The host squad improved to 8-4 in conference and 10-6 on the season. The loss left Whitman at 7-5 in the NWC and 7-11 overall.
The Lutes won two of three matches in doubles to take an early 2-1 lead. Whitman scored its point in the No. 3 match, where senior Amy Kunkle-Patterson teamed with first-year player Katie Oost for an 8-6 win.
The Missionaries picked up their two victories in singles from juniors Emily Smith at No. 4 and Maura Flaherty at No. 5. In addition to relatively quick wins at No. 1 and No. 3, Pacific Lutheran emerged victorious in close matches in the two remaining matches. Whitman senior Trish Hayward lost at No. 6, dropping the abbreviated third set on an 11-9 super-tiebreaker, and Missionary junior Katie Collier at No. 2 lost by scores of 6-3, 7-6 (7-4).
In her first match since injuring an ankle three weeks ago, Whitman's Asiya Khaki fell 6-1, 6-2 to Nicole Petrzelka in No. 1 singles. Khaki won the first meeting between the two players earlier this season.
Whitman faces another tough NWC opponent on Saturday when it plays at Puget Sound.
Doubles
No. 1 --Petrzelka/Feltus (PLU) def. Smith/Flaherty: 8-3
No. 2 -- Smith/Anuraga (PLU) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-4
No. 3 -- Katie Oost/Amy Kunkel-Patterson (Whitman) def. Currie/Currey: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Nicole Petrzelka (PLU) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 -- Erika Feltus (PLU) def. Katie Collier: 6-3, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 3 -- Liz Currey (PLU) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-0, 6-3
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Amanda Anuraga: 6-4, 6-4
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Bria Smith: 6-3, 6-4
No. 6 -- Roz Currie (PLU) def. Trish Hayward: 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)
Whitman's Katie Collier, playing what her coach Heidi Tate called the "match of her life," was victorious in No. 2 singles, but Puget Sound swept all other matches to post an 8-1 tennis victory Saturday in Tacoma, Wash.
The Loggers ran their Northwest Conference record to 13-1 while Whitman slipped to 7-6 in the conference standings.
Puget Sound jumped in front by sweeping the three doubles matches. The two teams split the top two singles matches, but the Loggers dominated the lower four matches.
Puget Sound senior Molly Clevenger scored a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Whitman first-year player Asiya Khaki at No. 1 singles. Khaki had won the first meeting between the two players earlier this season.
Collier, a Missionary junior, knocked off Puget Sound senior Melissa Snyder 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 2 match.
Whitman wraps up its regular season next week with matches at Whitworth on Thursday and home against Willamette on Saturday. The NWC Championships are set for Friday and Saturday, April 21-22 at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
Doubles
No. 1 --Snyder/Sidoff (Puget Sound) def. Jankowska/Christy Irvine: 8-3
No. 2 -- Newton/Clevenger (Puget Sound) def. Collier/Hayward: 8-3
No. 3 -- Schultz/Russell (Puget Sound) def. Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Katie Oost: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Molly Clevenger (UPS) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Melissa Snyder: 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 -- Alyssia Sidoff (Puget Sound) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 -- Katie Schultz (Puget Sound) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 -- Katie Russell (Puget Sound) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 -- Alana Wong (Puget Sound) def. Anna Bacheller: 6-2, 6-1
Whitman slipped past Whitworth 5-3 in the first match of a women's tennis doubleheader in Spokane Thursday afternoon. The victory moved the Missionaries to 8-6 in the Northwest Conference, good enough for sole possession of fourth place. The loss drops Whitworth into fifth place with a 7-7 conference record.
Whitman grabbed two of three doubles matches to build an early 2-1 lead. Emily Smith and Asiya Khaki teamed up at No. 1 doubles to win a close 8-6 decision, and the duo of Katie Collier and Trish Hayward came through with an 8-5 triumph at No. 2 doubles.
Khaki and Smith added victories in singles play. Khaki came through in the No. 1 match, winning the decisive third set on a 7-5 tiebreaker. At No. 4, Smith bounced back from a first-set loss to win in three. Collier notched Whitman’s final team point at No. 2 singles, where she outmatched her opponent 6-0, 6-0 in an impressive win.
Whitman players weren't as fortunate in two other three-set singles matches. Trish Hayward dropped her third set 6-2 at No. 6, and Maura Flaherty was trailing 5-2 in her third set at No. 5 when that match was suspended. Because the No. 5 match was not completed, it does not count in the final team score.
Weather permitting, the two teams were slated to play a second match Thursday evening.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Smith/Khaki (Whitman) def. Aven/Katie Troxell: 8-6
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Johnson/Smith: 8-5
No. 3 -- Sweetin/Leah Vaughn (Whitworth) def. Kunkel-Patterson/Katie Oost: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Linh Aven: 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (7-5)
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Taryn Smith: 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 -- Chelsea Sweetin (Whitworth) def. Amy Kunkel-Patterson: 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Betsy Johnson: 4-6, 6-5, 6-2
No. 5 -- Sandy Fujitani (Whitworth) led Maura Flaherty: 2-6, 6-2, 5-2
No. 6 -- Rachael McCoola (Whitworth) def. Trish Hayward: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2
Winning 6-2 in a match that concluded at 10 p.m., the Whitman women's tennis team finished off a Thursday doubleheader sweep of Whitworth in Spokane, Wash. Earlier in the day, Whitman scored a 5-3 victory over the Pirates.
"The women competed hard today and played as well as I've ever seen them play," Whitman coach Heidi Tate said. "It made me proud to be their coach."
Just as in the first match, the Missionaries snagged two of three doubles matches to get on top early. Emily Smith and Asiya Khaki pulled off their second victory of the day at No. 1 doubles, and Katie Collier and Trish Hayward came through at No. 2 doubles with an 8-3 win.
Whitman then dominated singles play to claim the victory. Khaki won 6-3, 7-5 at No. 1 singles, and first-year player Katie Oost added a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles. Smith and Maura Flaherty chipped in with victories at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively. No. 6 singles was not played.
The Missionaries improved to 9-6 in the Northwest Conference and in all probability nailed down the No. 4 seed in the conference championship tournament slated for later this month. Whitman wraps up its regular season at home at 11 a.m. Saturday, squaring off against Willamette.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Smith/Khaki (Whitman) def. Aven/Troxell: 8-6
No. 2 -- Collier/Trish Hayward (Whitman) def. Johnson/Smith: 8-3
No. 3 -- McCoola/Vaughn (Whitworth) def. Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Oost: 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Taryn Smith: 6-3, 7-5
No. 2 -- Betsy Johnson (Whitworth) def. Katie Collier: 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Sandy Fujitani: 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Rachael McCoola: 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Katie Troxell: 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 -- Match not played.
Whitman wrapped up its regular season in impressive fashion with an 8-1 women's tennis victory over Willamette on Saturday in the Bratton Tennis Center. Earlier this season in Salem, Ore., the Missionaries squeaked past Willamette by a 5-4 margin.
Whitman is 10-6 in the Northwest Conference, 10-12 overall, headed into next weekend's conference championship tournament in Yakima, Wash. The Missionaries will be the No. 4 seed in the tournament. Willamette ended it regular season with records of 6-10 in the NWC and 7-11 overall.
Unlike the first meeting between the two schools this season, Whitman seized the early advantage Saturday by sweeping the three doubles matches. Willamette won two of three in doubles in the first meeting.
Katie Collier and Trish Hayward were quick 8-1 winners at No. 2 doubles. Emily Smith and Asiya Khaki won 8-4 at No. 1 doubles, and Amy Kunkel-Patterson and Marta Jankowska won by the same score at No. 3.
Khaki, a first-year player, notched the win at No. 1 singles, bouncing back from a first-set loss to win the second and third sets in tiebreakers. The remaining five matches in singles were all settled in two sets, with Whitman winning four of the five.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Khaki/Smith (Whitman) def. Johnson/Kam: 8-4
No. 2 -- Collier/Hayward (Whitman) def. Anderson/Younger: 8-1
No. 3 -- Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Jankowska (Whitman) def. Potts/Christy Newell: 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Tiffany Kam: 3-6, 7-6 (7-1), 1-0 (10-3)
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Hannah Johnson: 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 -- Alaine Anderson (Willamette) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Becca Younger: 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Xochilth Franklin: 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Trisha Hayward (Whitman) def. Sarah Potts: 6-2, 6-2
Whitworth picked off close three-set decisions in two singles matches en route to an abbreviated 6-1 victory over Whitman in Friday morning's opening round of the Northwest Conference Women's Tennis Championships at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
The loss dropped Whitman into a Friday afternoon match with Willamette for fifth place. Whitworth, which was fielding a healthy line-up for the first time in two weeks, advanced to a Friday afternoon semifinal with No. 1-seeded Linfield.
As the No. 4 seed, Whitman entered the tournament on a three-match winning streak that included two victories over Whitworth last week. But the Pirates, seeded No. 5, played both of last week's matches without three of its top four players. With those players back in the line-up Friday morning, Whitworth took an early 2-1 lead with wins in two of the three doubles matches.
Seniors Marta Jankowska and Amy Kunkel-Patterson gave Whitman its only doubles victory, taking the No. 3 match by an 8-6 count. The final outcome tilted in Whitworth's favor when the Pirates won three-set tussles at No. 1 and No. 4 singles.
In a battle of first-year players at No. 1, Whitworth's Jamie Kneese edged Whitman's Asiya Khaki on a 9-7 third-set tiebreaker. At No. 4 singles, Whitman's Emily Smith lost her third-set tiebreaker to Chelsea Sweetin by a 10-8 count.
With Whitworth holding an insurmountable lead after the first four singles matches were completed, the No. 5 and No. 6 matches were not finished.
The outcome left Whitman with records of 10-7 in conference and 10-13 on the season. Whitworth improved to 10-9 overall and 9-8 in NWC matches.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Sweetin/Kneese (Whitworth) def. Smith/Khaki: 8-4
No. 2 -- Aven/Katie Troxell (Whitworth) def. Hayward/Collier: 8-4
No. 3 -- Jankowska/Amy Kunkel-Patterson (Whitman) def. Smith/Johnson: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Jamie Kneese (Whitworth) def. Asiya Khaki: 6-7 (7-3), 6-2, 7-6 (9-7)
No. 2 -- Linh Aven (Whitworth) def. Katie Collier: 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Taryn Smith (Whitworth) def. Marta Jankowska: 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Chelsea Sweetin (Whitworth) def. Emily Smith (Whitman): 1-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10-8)
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) vs. Betsy Johnson: did not finish
No. 6 -- Trish Hayward (Whitman) vs. Sandy Fujitani: did not finish
Winning five of six matches in singles, Whitman wrapped up its season with a 6-3 victory Friday afternoon in the fifth-place match of the Northwest Conference Women's Tennis Championships at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
The Missionaries, beating Willamette for the third time this spring, finished their season with records of 11-7 in NWC matches and 11-13 overall.
The Bearcats took Friday's early lead, winning two of three matches in doubles. Whitman seniors Marta Jankowska and Amy Kunkel-Patterson notched their second victory of the day at No. 3 doubles, winning 8-3.
The Missionaries bounced back to dominate singles play. Willamette's only victory came at No. 3 singles, where Alaine Anderson took a 9-7 third-set tiebreaker from Jankowska.
Asiya Khaki and Katie Collier scored Whitman victories at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively. Emily Smith, Maura Flaherty and Trish Hayward were winners in slots four through six.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Johnson/Kam (Willamette) def. Khaki/Smith: 8-5
No. 2 -- Anderson/Younger (Willamette) def. Collier/Hayward: 9-7
No. 3 -- Amy Kunkel-Patterson/Jankowska (Whitman) def. Helvie/Newell: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Asiya Khaki (Whitman) def. Tiffany Kam: 6-4, 7-5
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Hannah Johnson: 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 -- Alaine Anderson (Willamette) def. Marta Jankowska: 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7)
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Becca Younger: 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Elise Helvie: 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 -- Trisha Hayward (Whitman) def. Christy Newell: 6-0, 6-1