Friday, Sept. 22; Walla Walla, Wash.
Whitman is one of three Northwest Conference schools to advance three players each into the singles Round of 16 in the women's portion of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Northwest Regional Championship, which got underway in Walla Walla and College Place on Friday and continues through Sunday.
Senior Emily Smith and first-year players Hadley DeBree and Margo Lentz give Whitman, the tournament host, a trio of players in Saturday morning's third round. Those matches will take place in Whitman's Bratton Tennis Center.
Smith, seeded No. 11 in singles, followed a first-round bye on Friday with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Willamette's Emily Elliott in the second round. Smith faces the No. 5 seed, Willamette's Tiffany Kam, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
DeBree, a first-year Whitman player from Ketchum, Idaho, opened Friday with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Linfield's Hannah Michelotti. DeBree then knocked off the No. 6 seed, Puget Sound's Courtney Dunham, by scores of 6-2, 6-2 in round two. DeBree faces Puget Sound's Samantha Taylor at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Lentz, a Missionary first-year player from Missoula, Mont., notched a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Whitworth's Rachael McCoola in Friday's first round. She added a 6-1, 6-2 win over Willamette's A.J. Omens in round two. Lentz battles Pacific Lutheran's Erika Feltus, the No. 7 seed, at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Saturday's Round of 16 matches will be followed by the quarterfinals, which are also slated for Bratton Tennis Center. The women's semifinals and finals are set for Sunday.
Friday's first day of action also included the first two rounds of doubles. Four schools -- Whitman, Linfield, Pacific Lutheran and Puget Sound -- advanced two teams each into Saturday's quarterfinals. Those matches will take place after Saturday's singles matches are completed.
Katie Collier, a Whitman senior, teamed with Lentz for an 8-3 victory over Linfield's Melissa Maebori and Michelotti in Friday's second round. Collier and Lentz, the No. 6 seeds in doubles, started Friday with a first-round bye. They face Pacific Lutheran's Feltus and Petrzella in one of Saturday's quarterfinal matches.
Whitman sophomore Katie Oost and first-year teammate Divneet Kaur, following a first-round bye, upset the No. 7 seeds, Linfield's Hollin Buck and Sides, by an 8-6 score. They face the No. 4 seeds, Puget Sound's Dunham and Sidoff, in the next round.
Three other Whitman teams -- DeBree and Smith, Maura Flaherty and Christy Irvine, and Anna Bacheller and Alex Robinson -- all lost in the opening round of doubles.
In other singles play on Friday, Flaherty rallied for a 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9) victory in her opener before losing in the second round. Irvine, Kaur and Bacheller also won opening round matches before falling in round two.
Collier, seeded No. 9 in singles, took a bye in the opener but then was upset 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-3) by Puget Sound's Katie Russell. Whitman players losing in the first round were Oost, Robinson and Jacquie Frank. Oost lost 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-3) to Willamette's Abby Funabiki.
Two consolation brackets in singles will continue on Saturday.
Saturday, Sept. 23; Walla Walla, Wash.
Whitman senior Emily Smith and first-year teammate Hadley DeBree advanced as far as the singles quarterfinals on Saturday before being eliminated from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Northwest Regional Championship.
The three-day tournament, which Whitman is hosting, ends Sunday.
Smith, the No. 11 seed in singles, got off to a good start Saturday with a 7-6, 6-0 upset of the No. 5 seed, Willamette's Tiffany Kam. Smith's run ended in the quarterfinals with a 6-0, 6-0 loss to the No. 1 seed, Linfield's Kasey Kuenzli.
DeBree opened with a 6-2, 7-6 triumph over Puget Sound's Samantha Taylor. DeBree then fell 7-5, 6-2 in the quarterfinals to the No. 2 seed, Linfield's Becca Johnson.
The women's singles semifinals get started at 9 a.m. Sunday on Whitman's outdoor courts. The slots are filled by three players from Linfield and one from Puget Sound.
Whitman had two doubles duos still in the running at the start of play Saturday. Senior Katie Collier and first-year teammate Margo Lentz, the No. 6 seeds, dropped a close 8-6 quarterfinal decision to PLU's Erika Feltus and Nicole Petrzella, the No. 3 seeds. Whitman sophomore Katie Oost and first-year teammate Divneet Kaur lost 8-2 in the quarters, falling to the No. 4 seeds, Puget Sound's Courtney Dunham and Alyssa Sidoff.
Two Linfield duos will face each other in Sunday afternoon's doubles championship.
Sunday, Sept. 24; Walla Walla, Wash.
What should have been a great day for the Linfield women's tennis team ended on a sour note Sunday when Wildcat senior Kasey Kuenzli, the top-seeded player in singles, suffered a knee injury as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Northwest Regional Championship came to close on the Whitman campus.
In a Sunday morning semifinal in singles, Kuenzli skipped to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Puget Sound's Alyssa Sidoff, the No. 8 seed. In the other semifinal, which pitted two Linfield players against one another, No. 2 seed Becca Johnson notched a 6-2, 6-1 win over No. 3 seed Megan Rodgers.
In the singles final that followed, Kuenzli won the first set 6-4 and was even with Johnson at 4-4 in the second. That's when Kuenzli tumbled to the court with an apparent knee injury. She was taken by ambulance to a Walla Walla hospital.
With Kuenzli unable to continue, Johnson won the singles title by default.
The tournament's doubles title match was to follow the singles final. Kuenzli and her doubles partner, Sallie Katter, defaulted to Johnson and Rodgers, the top-seeded doubles duo.
The Whitman women's tennis team got its season off to a fine start Saturday afternoon, beating NCAA Div. II Montana State-Billings in a match played at Lewis-State College in Lewiston, Idaho.
Whitman won two of three matches in doubles to take charge early. Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur, a pair of Missionary first-year players, won 8-4 at No. 2 doubles, and senior Emily Smith teamed with sophomore Katie Oost for an 8-6 win at No. 3.
Whitman then polished off victories in five of the six singles matches. Seniors Katie Collier at No. 2, Smith at No. 4, and Maura Flaherty at No. 6 were all victorious. Other winners were Margo Lentz, another of Whitman's first-year players, at No. 3 and Oost at No. 5.
Whitman plays two more matches later today, squaring off against Albertson and Lewis-Clark State.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Roney/Lehman (MSU-Billings) def. Collier/Lentz: 8-4
No. 2 -- DeBree/Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Borges/McAlpine: 8-4
No. 3 -- Smith/Oost (Whitman) def. Fernandez/Baltrusch: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Heidi Lehman (MSU-Billings) def. Hadley DeBree: 6-1, 7-5
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Brianne Roney: 7-6, 6-4
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Marta Borges: 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Victoria Hernandez: 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Mollie McAlpine: 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Stacy Dix: 2-3, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)
The Whitman women's tennis team ran its opening day record to 2-0 late Saturday afternoon with a 6-3 victory over NAIA Div. II Albertson ina match played at Lewis-State College in Lewiston, Idaho.
Albertson won twice in doubles to take the early 2-1 lead. Senior Maura Flaberty and first-year teammate scored Whitman's point in doubles with an 8-3 victory in the No. 2 match.
Whitman took over in singles, winning five of six matches. First-year players Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur picked up their first college victories with wins at No. 1 and No. 6. DeBree won her match after her opponent defaulted in the opening set
Other winners in singles for the Missionaries were seniors Katie Collier and Emily Smith at No. 2 and No. 3, and sophomore Katie Oost at No. 4.
Whitman completes its triple-header later this evening when its plays Lewis-Clark State.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Westerberg/Leadbetter (Albertson) def. DeBree/Kvar: 8-2
No. 2 -- Lentz/Flaherty (Whitman) def. Armstrong/Hayashida: 8-3
No. 3 -- Clements/Amanda McEldowney (Albertson) def. Alex Robinson/Frank: 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Kyla Westerberg: 1-4 default
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Mariah Armstrong: 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Kate Leadbetter: 2-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 4 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Kim Clements: 6-0, 6-7, 1-0 (10-2)
No. 5 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Karin Hayashida: 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 -- Melissa Rowe (Albertson) def. Jacquie Frank: 6-0, 6-1
Playing its third match of the day, the Whitman women's tennis team dropped a 7-2 decision to Lewis-Clark State Saturday night in Lewiston, Idaho.
The Warriors, ranked No. 17 nationally in NAIA Div. I, took two of three in doubles and then dominated singles, winning five matches. The loss leaves Whitman with a 2-1 record to start the season.
First-year players Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur notched Whitman's victory in No. 2 doubles with a 9-8 victory that turned on 7-4 tie-breaker.
Margo Lentz, another of Whitman's first-year players, tallied Whitman's victory in singles, posting a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 4.
Whitman opens its Northwest Conference season next weekend with matches at Linfield and Willamette.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Baishakhi/Resende (LCSC) def. Lentz/Collier: 8-3
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Mei Fong/Crane: 9-8 (7-4)
No. 3 -- Peck/Courntey Childers (LCSC) def. Oost/Smith: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Maria Resende (LCSC) def. Hadley DeBree: 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 -- Shefat Baishakhi (LCSC) def. Katie Collier: 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 -- Rachel Moorhead (LCSC) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Kaylan Crane: 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 -- Caity Jones (LCSC) def. Katie Oost: 6-4, 6-0
No. 6 -- Alyson Peck (LCSC) def. Divneet Kaur: 7-5, 6-3
A young Whitman women's tennis team gave defending Northwest Conference champion Linfield all it could handle in a 5-4 loss Saturday morning in McMinnville, Ore.
"I thought we were going to get them, but it was a good match and a good way to start the conference season," Whitman coach Heidi Tate said.
The loss dropped Whitman to 2-2 on the season and 0-1 in NWC play. Linfield, which lost two of its top players to injury prior prior to the start of the season, is 1-1 overall and 1-0 in conference.
The Wildcats seized the early lead by winning two of three matches in doubles. Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur, a pair of Missionary first-year players, notched Whitman's doubles point by winning at No. 2. Senior Emily Smith and sophomore Katie Oost lost a close 8-6 decision in the No. 3 doubles match.
The two teams split the six matches in singles. Margo Lentz, another of Whitman's first-year players, won at No. 3 singles. Oost was a winner at No. 5 and senior Maura Flaherty got the victory at No. 6.
Whitman plays Willamette Sunday morning in Salem.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Johnson/Parks (Linfield) def. Lentz/Collier: 8-3
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Katter/Parks: 8-6
No. 3 -- Sides/Nelson (Linfield) def. Oost/Smith: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Becca Johnson (Linfield) def. Hadley DeBree: 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 -- Meghan Rodgers (Linfield) def. Katie Collier: 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Kelli Sides: 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Sallie Katter (Linfield) def. Emily Smith: 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Molly Nelson: 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Jeanna Parks: 7-5, 6-4
Raising its season record to 3-2 and evening its Northwest Conference mark at 1-1, the Whitman women's tennis team knocked off Willamette 7-2 Sunday morning in Salem, Ore.
Senior Katie Collier, who teamed with first-year player Margo Lentz for a 9-7 win at No. 1 doubles, also scored a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. Hadley DeBree, another of Whitman's first-year players, won 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles and joined with first-year teammate Divneet Kaur for the win at No. 2 doubles.
Senior Emily Smith needed a third-set tie-breaker to triumph at No. 4 singles. Other winners in singles for Whitman were sophomore Katie Oost at No. 5 and senior Maura Flaherty at No. 6.
Whitman continues NWC play when it hosts George Fox next Friday and Lewis & Clark on Saturday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Collier/Lentz (Whitman) def. Kam/Anderson: 9-7
No. 2 -- DeBree/Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Butler/Younger: 8-3
No. 3 -- Morrison/Funabiki (Willamette) def. Smith/Oost: 8-5
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Tiffany Kam: 6-3, 6-0
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Susan Butler: 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 -- Alaine Anderson (Willamette) def. Margo Lentz: 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Alyssa Morrison: 7-6 (7-0), 6-7 (2-7), 1-0 (10-3)
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Becca Younger: 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Anna Funabiki: 6-0, 6-1
Raising its early season record to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the Northwest Conference, Whitman rolled over George Fox 9-0 Friday evening in women's tennis action in the Bratton Tennis Center. The loss dropped the Bruins to 0-4 on the season and 0-3 in conference play.
Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur, a pair of first-year players, won at No. 2 doubles, upping their record as a doubles duo to 5-1. They added victories in singles, Hadley winning at No. 1 and Kaur at No. 6.
Margo Lentz, a third Missionary first-year player, teamed with senior Katie Collier for the triumph at No. 1 doubles. Lentz sat out singles due to illness, but Collier dropped just two games in winning at No. 2 singles.
Seniors Emily Smith at No. 3 and Maura Flaherty at No. 5 also posted victories in singles. Smith and Flaherty joined forces for the win at No. 3 doubles.
Whitman looks for its third straight conference win when it hosts Lewis & Clark Saturday. That match begins at 1 p.m. in the Bratton Tennis Center. George Fox plays at noon Saturday at Whitworth.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Collier/Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Ring/Hagler: 8-3
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Shaw/Wages: 8-5
No. 3 -- Smith/Flaherty (Whitman) def. Stephanie Kaylor/Shanna Lesire: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Valerie Ring: 6-4, 6-1
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Lindsay Hagler: 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Leilani Jackson: 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Brittany Ekstrom: 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Rebecca Crinnion: 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Alayna Shaw: 6-4, 6-0
Winning the tie-breaker in three matches, twice in singles and once in doubles, the Whitman women's tennis team polished off Lewis & Clark 9-0 Saturday afternoon in the Bratton Tennis Center.
The Missionaries improved to 5-2 on the season and 3-1 in the Northwest Conference. Lewis & Clark dropped to 1-4 overall and 1-3 in conference.
Whitman senior Katie Collier and first-year teammate Margo Lentz scored a 9-8 victory in No. 1 doubles, beating Lisa Harunaga and Liz Nguyen 7-3 in the tie-breaker.
Hadley DeBree, another of Whitman's first-year players, had her hands full with Harunaga in the No. 1 singles match. After Harunaga won the first set 7-6 on an 8-6 tie-breaker, DeBree rallied to take the next two sets. The third set was decided on a 10-6 tie-breaker.
Emily Smith, a Missionary senior, needed three sets to down Lewis & Clark's Clio Beatty at No. 3 singles. Beatty won the opening set 4-6, but Smith bounced back to win the next two, 6-3 and 6-4.
Whitman winners in straight sets in singles were senior Katie Collier at No. 2, Lentz at No. 4, senior Maura Flaherty at No. 5, and first-year player Divneet Kaur at No. 6.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Collier/Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Harunaga/Nguyen: 9-8 (7-3)
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Beatty/Peach: 8-3
No. 3 -- Smith/Oost (Whitman) def. Kiemnec/Yamasaki: 8-5
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Lisa Harunaga: 6-7 (8-6), 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Liz Nguyen: 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Clio Beatty: 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Maggie Peach: 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Alysia Yamasaki: 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Teresa Kiemnec: 6-1, 6-0
Winning four of six matches in singles wasn't quite enough to keep the Whitman women's tennis team from dropping a 5-4 Northwest Conference decision at Puget Sound Saturday in Tacoma, Wash.
After sweeping the doubles matches for an early 3-0 lead, the host Loggers needed just two victories in singles to claim the team triumph. Puget Sound seniors Alyssa Sidoff and Katie Russell picked off the necessary wins at No. 2 and No. 4, beating first-year Missionary Margo Lentz and sophomore Katie Oost.
Two of Whitman's wins in singles came courtesy of first-year players Hadley DeBree at No. 1 and Divneet Kaur at No. 6. Seniors Emily Smith and Maura Flaherty won at No. 3 and No. 5.
Whitman was forced to juggle its line-up to replace senior Katie Collier, who missed the match due to illness. Collier normally plays No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles.
Now 5-3 on the season and 3-2 in conference, the Missionaries play Sunday morning at Pacific Lutheran in Tacoma. Puget Sound is now 5-1 in NWC matches.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Sidoff/Dunham (UPS) def. DeBree/Kaur: 8-3
No. 2 -- Schultz/Russell (UPS) def. Oost/Smith: 8-2
No. 3 -- Taylor/Wolf (UPS) def. Flaherty/Lentz: 8-6
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Courtney Dunham: 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 -- Alyssa Sidoff (UPS) def. Margo Lentz: 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Katie Schultz: 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 -- Katie Russell (UPS) def. Katie Oost: 6-2, 6-7 (7-1), 6-4
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Samantha Taylor: 7-6, 1-6, 6-2
No. 6 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Alana Wong: 6-2, 6-1
With a flu-stricken Katie Collier making a big contribution in doubles, the Whitman women's tennis team pinned a 6-3 Northwest Conference defeat on Pacific Lutheran Sunday morning in Tacoma, Wash.
"Katie basically summoned every last ounce of strength she had to play doubles, and that made a huge difference for us," Whitman coach Heidi Tate said. "She's still sick and wasn't able to play singles, but I'm sure we wouldn't have swept the doubles matches without her."
Collier, one of Whitman's senior captains, teamed with first-year player Margo Lentz for a 9-7 victory at No. 1 doubles. Two more Missionary first-year players, Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur, won 8-0 at No. 2, and senior Emily Smith teamed with sophomore Katie Oost for an 8-1 triumph as No. 3.
"All three of our teams in doubles played excellent tennis," Tate said. "After getting swept in doubles on Saturday, it was great to see us come back to win all three on Sunday."
With a 3-0 cushion in the team scoring, Whitman then split the six singles matches with Pacific Lutheran to secure the team victory. The outcome left both squads with 4-2 NWC records, tied for third place.
With Collier unable to play Saturday at Puget Sound, the Missionaries dropped a 5-4 decision to the Loggers. Puget Sound is in second place with a 5-1 record.
Maura Flaherty, the third senior on Whitman's roster, helped complete Sunday's victory at Pacific Lutheran with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 5 singles. Oost and Kaur were winners at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively.
DeBree and Lentz suffered three-set losses at No. 1 and No. 2 singles.
Now 6-3 on the season, Whitman hosts Whitworth and Pacific in a pair of NWC matches next Friday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Katie Collier/Lentz (Whitman) def. Petrzelka/Currey: 9-7
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Megan Profitt/Coats: 8-0
No. 3 -- Smith/Oost (Whitman) def. Currie/Smith: 8-1
Singles
No. 1 -- Erika Feltus (PLU) def. Hadley DeBree: 4-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 2 -- Nicole Petrzelka (PLU) def. Margo Lentz: 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-2)
No. 3 -- Bria Smith (PLU) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Ashley Coats: 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Tracy Fujitani: 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Roz Currie: 6-3, 7-6
After scrambling to keep from getting swept in doubles, the Whitman women's tennis team scratched out victories in five of singles matches to stage a 6-3 Northwest Conference victory over Whitworth Friday afternoon in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Whitman improved to 5-2 in the NWC (7-3 overall), taking sole possession of third place in the conference standings. The Missionaries are playing a second NWC match Friday night in Bratton against Pacific.
Whitworth, which has yet to play any non-conference matches this season, slipped to 2-5 in the NWC.
The Pirate women got off to a quick start in doubles, claiming victories in both the No. 1 and No. 3 matches after jumping to a quick 6-1 lead in each match. Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur, two of Whitman's first-year players, fell behind 4-1 and 6-3 at No. 2 doubles before reeling off five straight games pull out the victory. DeBree and Kaur are now 8-0 on the season in the No. 2 doubles spot.
Down 2-1 in the team scoring after doubles, Whitman pulled even by winning two of the first three singles matches to be completed. Senior Katie Collier at No. 2 and first-year Missionary Margo Lentz at No. 3 were straight-set winners, but Whitworth's Betsy Johnson rallied from a first set loss to outlast Whitman senior Emily Smith at No. 4.
DeBree put the Missionaries in front 4-3 with a 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 triumph at No. 1 singles. Sophomore Emily Oost then clinched the team victory with a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 5. Senior Maura Flaherty then polished off a three-set victory at No. 6, improving her singles record to 8-0 on the season.
Winners in doubles for Whitworth were Linh Aven and Katie Troxell at No. 1 and Taryn Smith and Justine Hays at No. 3.
Whitworth is scheduled to stay in Walla Walla to play Pacific twice on Saturday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Aven/Troxell (Whitworth) def. Collier/Lentz: 8-5
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. McCoola/Johnson: 8-6
No. 3 -- Smith/Hays (Whitworth) def. Smith/Oost: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Rachel McCoola: 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Linh Aven: 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Katie Troxell: 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 -- Betsy Johnson (Whitworth) def. Emily Smith: 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 -- Emily Oost (Whitman) def. Taryn Smith: 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Justine Hays: 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
Winning its second match of the day, Whitman rolled to an 8-1 Northwest Conference victory over Pacific Friday night in the Bratton Tennis Center.
Halfway through its conference schedule, Whitman is now 6-2 and all alone in third place in the NWC standings. Pacific dropped to 0-6 in conference and 0-8 on the season. The Missionaries are 8-3 overall.
Whitman took a 2-1 lead after doubles, getting wins from Katie Collier and Margo Lentz at No. 1 and from Katie Oost and Emily Smith at No. 2. Alex Robinson and Jacquie Frank, playing only their second doubles match of the season at No. 3, lost 8-3 to Pacific's Tessa Krebs and Sophie Waddington.
Collier, Smith and Oost returned to play in singles, winning at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4. Maura Flaherty stayed unbeaten on the season in singles, winning 6-0, 6-2 at No. 5. First-year players Hadley DeBree at No. 1 and Divneet Kaur at No. 6 completed the Whitman sweep in singles.
Pacific stays in Walla Walla to play two Saturday matches against Whitworth in the Bratton Center. Whitman downed Whitworth 6-3 earlier on Friday.
Whitman's next action comes next weekend, when they host first-place Linfield and non-conference foe Lewis-Clark State on Saturday. The Missionaries host Willamette that Sunday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Collier/Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Yoshino/Wong: 8-2
No. 2 -- Oost/Smith (Whitman) def. Spahn/Swenson: 8-5
No. 3 -- Krebs/Waddington (Pacific) def. Alex Robinson/Jacquie Frank: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Dayna Wong: 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Jamie Yoshino: 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Ashley Spahn: 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Sophie Waddington: 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Tessa Krebs: 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Kelly McGee: 6-2, 6-0
Linfield remained undefeated in Northwest Conference play with a 7-2 victory over the Whitman women's tennis team Saturday morning on the Whitman outdoor courts.
Now 9-0 in the NWC, Linfield jumped in front with a sweep in doubles. Whitman's Emily Smith and Katie Oost had an early three-game lead in No. 3 doubles, but Linfield's Kelli Sides and Molly Nelson rallied to win 9-8 on an 8-6 tie-breaker.
The Wildcats iced the team victory by winning the top four matches in singles, although Linfield senior Becca Johnson had her hands full with first-year Missionary Hadley DeBree in the No. 1. DeBree won the first set 7-5 before Johnson turned the tables with 6-4 and 6-2 wins in the next two sets.
Linfield, the defending NWC champion, also got wins in singles from Meghan Rodgers at No. 2, Sides at No. 3 and Sallie Katter at No. 4. Oost got the victory for Whitman at No. 5 while teammate Maura Flaherty worked for a three-set triumph at No. 6. Flaherty, who has yet to lose in singles this season, is now 10-0 playing at No. 5 and No. 6.
Whitman, now 6-3 in conference, was playing a second match Saturday against non-conference rival Lewis-Clark State. The Missionaries return to NWC action Sunday morning when they host Willamette. Linfield plays at George Fox on Tuesday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Johnson/Parks (Linfield) def. Lentz/Collier: 8-2
No. 2 -- Katter/Parks (Linfield) def. DeBree/Kaur: 8-5
No. 3 -- Sides/Nelson (Linfield) def. Oost/Smith: 9-8 (8-6)
Singles
No. 1 -- Becca Johnson (Linfield) def. Hadley DeBree: 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 -- Meghan Rodgers (Linfield) def. Katie Collier: 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- Kelli Sides (Linfield) def. Margo Lentz: 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Sallie Katter (Linfield) def. Emily Smith: 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Molly Nelson: 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Jeanna Parks: 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
Lewis-Clark State, an NAIA tennis powerhouse, ran its season record to 7-3 with a 9-0 blanking of Whitman Saturday in Walla Walla, Wash.
Divneet Kaur, one of Whitman's first-year players, nearly broke up the shutout in No. 4 singles, where she lost 6-3, 5-7, 7-6.
Now 8-5 on the season, Whitman returns to Northwest Confernce action Sunday morning when it hosts Willamette. The Missionaries then play three matches next week in a quick Spring Break trip to California.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Chan/Resende (LCSC) def. Lentz/Collier: 8-1
No. 2 -- Childers/Baishakhi (LCSC) def. DeBree/Kaur: 8-2
No. 3 -- Peck/Kaylan Crane (LCSC) def. Oost/Smith: 8-1
Singles
No. 1 -- Maria Resende (LCSC) def. Hadley DeBree: 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Shefat Baishakhi (LCSC) def. Katie Collier: 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 -- Jamie Chan (LCSC) def. Katie Oost: 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 -- Caity Jones (LCSC) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 -- Mei Fong (LCSC) def. Divneet Kaur: 6-3, 5-7, 7-6
No. 6 -- Courtney Childers (LCSC) def. Alex Robinson: 6-3, 6-1
Shaking off a sluggish start in doubles, the Whitman women's tennis team won five of six matches in singles in posting a 7-2 Northwest Conference victory over Willamette Sunday on the Whitman outdoor courts.
The Missionaries, now 7-3 in the NWC and 9-5 overall, left after the match on a Spring Break trip to California. Whitman plays at Cal Tech in Pasadena on Tuesday in the first of three matches.
Willamette, which saw its record fall to 3-7 in conference and 3-9 on the season, next plays on March 26 at Texas Lutheran.
On Sunday, Willamette had leads in all three doubles matches before Whitman rallied to win two of them. Katie Collier and Margo Lentz won 9-7 at No. 1, and it was Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur emerging with an 8-6 win at No. 2. Emily Elliott and Christy Newell were 8-4 winners for the Bearcats at No. 3.
DeBree, the reigning NWC Player of the Week, notched a quick 6-0, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles, while Willamette's Alaine Anderson scored a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 2. Lentz won in three sets at No. 3 singles, taking the third set on a 10-6 super tie-breaker.
Whitman's Emily Smith, Katie Oost and Maura Flaherty dominated the lower three matches in singles. Flaherty remains undefeated on the season in NWC singles play with a 10-0 record against conference opponents.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Collier/Lentz (Whitman) def. Kam/Anderson: 9-7
No. 2 -- DeBree/Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Morrison/Anna Funabiki: 8-6
No. 3 -- Elliott/Newell (Willamette) def. Smith/Oost: 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Tiffany Kam: 6-0, 6-1
No. 2 -- Alaine Anderson (Willamette) def. Katie Collier: 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Alyssa Morrison: 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6)
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Emily Elliott: 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Christy Newell: 6-1, 6-0
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Caroline Much: 6-1, 6-0
The Whitman women's tennis team was within a point of claiming its 10th victory of the season Tuesday when rain canceled its match at Cal Tech in Pasadena, Calif. The Missionaries swept the doubles and were leading 4-0 when the rains came with five singles matches still in the first set.
First-year players Hadley DeBree and Margo Lentz were 8-4 winners in No. 1 doubles. Senior Maura Flaherty teamed with Divneet Kaur, another of Whitman's first-year players, to win by the same score at No. 2 doubles. Short-handed Cal Tech, with only five players available, defaulted at No. 3 doubles.
A Cal Tech default at No. 6 singles gave Whitman a 4-0 lead headed into the remaining doubles matches. The Missionaries held first-set leads in all but one of those matches when rain forced cancellation of the match.
Whitman is scheduled to play at Occidental (Los Angeles) on Wednesday and at Cal Lutheran (Thousand Oaks) on Thursday. Both matches start at 3 p.m.
Doubles
No. 1 -- DeBree/Lentz (Whitman) def. Wadsworth/Pon: 8-4
No. 2 -- Flaherty/Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. K. Lin/D. Lin: 8-4
No. 3 -- Collier/Oost (Whitman) win by default
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) leading Diana Lin: 1-0 first set
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) leading Sarah Wadsworth: 1-0 first set
No. 3 -- Kelly Lin (CalTech) leading Margo Lentz: 2-0 first set
No. 4 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) leading Victoria Pon: 2-1 first set
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) leading Joy Sheng: 2-1 first set
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) wins by default
The Whitman women's tennis team won two of three in doubles and then split the six singles matches to capture a 5-4 victory over Occidental College Wednesday afternoon in Los Angeles, Calif.
Whitman, ranked No. 13 in the West Region of NCAA Div. III, improved to 10-5 on the season. Occidental, ranked No. 8 in the region, slipped to 3-4 on the year.
"This is a big win for us," Whitman coach Heidi Tate said. "This should help bump us up a bit in the next rankings."
Whitman's two wins in doubles came at No. 2, where senior Katie Collier and sophomore Katie Oost cruised 8-1, and at No. 3, where senior Emily Smith and first-year teammate Divneet Kaur won 8-4. First-year Missionaries Hadley DeBree and Margo Lentz dropped a close 9-7 decision at No. 1 doubles.
With a 2-1 lead after doubles, Whitman needed three wins in singles to claim the team victory. Lentz won at No. 3 singles, and Oost and senior Maura Flaherty were dominant at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively. Collier lost a three-set decision at No. 2, and DeBree fell in two after losing the opening set in a tie-breaker.
The Missionaries conclude their Spring Break trip Thursday with a 3 p.m. match at Cal Lutheran in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Hasegawa/Cassmann (Occidental) def. DeBree/Lentz: 9-7
No. 2 -- Oost/Collier (Whitman) def. Amanda Iseri/Kaplan: 8-1
No. 3 -- Smith/Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Mori/Horwitz: 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Kelly Hasegawa (Occidental) def. Hadley DeBree: 7-6 (8-6), 6-0
No. 2 -- Marissa Cassman (Occidental) def. Katie Collier: 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Taylor Kaplan: 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 -- Alayna Santos (Occidental) def. Emily Smith: 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Ali Horwitz: 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Lisa Mori: 6-1, 6-0
A short-handed Cal Lutheran was no match Thursday for the Whitman women's tennis team, which raised its season record to 11-5 with a 6-3 victory in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The loss dropped the Regals to 0-14 on the season.
With Cal Lutheran having only five players available, the match was limited to a pair of matchups in doubles and five bouts in singles. The two sides split the doubles matches, with Missionary senior Maura Flaherty and sophomore Katie Oost winning at No. 2. Oost and Flaherty also scored victories at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively. Senior Emily Smith was a winner at No. 3 singles, and first-year Missionary Divneet Kaur picked up the default at No. 6.
Whitman resumes Northwest Conference play with March 31 matches at Lewis & Clark and George Fox.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Nomura/Han (Cal Lutheran) def. Collier/Kaur: 8-0
No. 2 -- Oost/Flaherty (Whitman) def. Vogt/Downey: 8-4
No. 3 -- Smith/Hadley DeBree win by default
Singles
No. 1 -- Suzuye Nomura (Cal Lutheran) def. Hadley DeBree: 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
No. 2 -- Alix Han (Cal Lutheran) def. Katie Collier: 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Amy Vogt: 7-5, 6-0
No. 4 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Kathryn Downey: 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Araiana Robles: 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) wins by default
Playing the first of two Saturday matches, the Whitman women's tennis team squeaked past Lewis & Clark 5-4 Saturday morning in Portland, Ore.
Improving to 12-5 on the season and 8-3 in the Northwest conference, Whitman left after the match for Newberg, Ore., to play George Fox. Lewis & Clark's loss dropped the Pioneers to 4-7 in conference and 6-9 overall.
After taking two of three doubles matches from Lewis & Clark, Whitman won three of six matches in singles to finish on top in the team scoring. Sophomore Katie Oost and first-year teammate Divneet Kaur grabbed an 8-6 victory at No. 2 doubles, and it was senior Emily Smith and Hadley DeBree, another of Whitman's first-year players, rolling to an 8-1 triumph at No. 3 doubles. Senior Katie Collier and first-year player Margo Lentz dropped a close 9-7 decision at No. 1 doubles.
In singles, Lentz rebounded from a first-set loss to win in three sets in the No. 3 match. Oost lost just one game in winning at No. 5, and senior Maura Flaherty blanked her opponent at No. 6. Flaherty's season record in singles is 14-1, which includes an 11-0 mark against conference foes.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Harunaga/Nguyen def. Collier/Lentz: 9-7
No. 2 -- Oost/Kaur (Whitman) def. Beatty/Takako Shibata: 8-6
No. 3 -- Smith/DeBree (Whitman) def. Peach/Kimura: 8-1
Singles
No. 1 -- Lisa Harunaga (LC) def. Hadley DeBree: 2-6, 7-6 (7-3), 1-0 (10-6)
No. 2 -- Liz Nguyen (LC) def. Katie Collier: 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Clio Beatty: 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 -- Maggie Peach (LC) def. Emily Smith: 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Alysia Yamasaki: 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Asami Kimura: 6-0, 6-0
After edging Lewis & Clark 5-4 earlier in the day, the Whitman women's tennis team shut out George Fox 9-0 Saturday evening in Newberg, Ore.
The Missionaries, who continue Northwest Conference play Sunday at Pacific, are 13-5 on the season and 9-3 in conference. In third place, Whitman has just one more loss than second-place Puget Sound.
Whitman won all three doubles matches, but sophomore Katie Oost and first-year teammate Margo Lentz worked for an 8-6 victory in the No. 1 doubles match. Two more first-year Missionaries, Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur, notched an 8-1 win at No. 2 doubles, and senior Maura Flaherty and sophomore Alex Robinson won by the same margin at No. 3.
DeBree, Lentz and Oost were winners in the first singles matches. Flaherty stayed undefeated in NWC singles play, winning 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4 to boost her conference record to 12-0. Kaur and Robinson won at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.
After Sunday morning's match at Pacific, Whitman returns home for two key matches next weekend. The Missionaries host 8-3 Pacific Lutheran Friday evening and Puget Sound on Saturday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Oost/Lentz (Whitman) def. Ring/Lindsay Hagler: 8-6
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Ekstrom/Jackson: 8-1
No. 3 -- Robinson/Flaherty (Whitman) def. Shaw/Crinnion: 8-1
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Valerie Ring: 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Rebecca Crinnion: 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Brittany Ekstrom: 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Leilani Jackson: 6-4, 6-1
No. 5 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Alayna Shaw: 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 -- Alex Robinson (Whitman) def. Lauren Miller: 6-0, 6-1
The Whitman women's tennis team strengthened its hold on third place in the Northwest Conference with a 9-0 victory over Pacific Sunday morning in Forest Grove, Ore.
The Missionaries improved to 14-5 on the season and 10-3 in the NWC. Puget Sound, which has one fewer victory and one fewer loss than Whitman, clings to second place by percentage points. Linfield remains in first place with a 12-0 conference record.
Sunday's loss dropped Pacific to 0-15 overall and 0-13 in conference.
Whitman swept the doubles with the closest match coming at No. 1, where sophomore Katie Oost and first-year player Margo Lentz won 8-5. The first-year combo of Divneet Kaur and Hadley DeBree won 8-1 at No. 2, and senior Maura Flaherty and sophomore Alex Robinson were 8-3 victors at No. 3.
With one exception, the Missionaries were straight-set winners in singles. Flaherty went to three sets at No. 4 singles, running her NWC record to 13-0 in singles. DeBree won at No. 1 singles, as did Lentz and Oost at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.
Other winners in singles were Kaur at No. 5 and Robinson at No. 6.
Whitman has three matches left on its NWC schedule, two of which are set for next weekend. The Missionaries host Pacific Lutheran at 6 p.m. Friday and Puget Sound at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Oost/Lentz (Whitman) def. Yoshino/Wong: 8-5
No. 2 -- Kaur/DeBree (Whitman) def. Spahn/Laura Swenson: 8-1
No. 3 -- Robinson/Flaherty (Whitman) def. Krebs/Waddington: 8-3
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Dayna Wong: 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Jamie Yoshino: 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Ashley Spahn: 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Sophie Waddington: 6-1, 2-6, 6-1
No. 5 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Tessa Krebs: 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 -- Alex Robinson (Whitman) def. Kelly McGee: 6-3, 6-1
Winning its seventh consecutive match, the Whitman women's tennis team downed Pacific Lutheran 6-3 Friday afternoon in the Bratton Tennis Center.
The victory, coupled with Puget Sound's loss Friday at Whitworth, moved Whitman into sole possession of second place in the Northwest Conference. The Missionaries, now 11-3 in the NWC, are percentage points ahead of Puget Sound and its 9-3 conference mark.
That means second place is on the line when the Missionaries host Puget Sound Saturday. The match gets underway at 1 p.m. on Whitman's outdoor courts. In the first meeting between the two teams in early March in Tacoma, Puget Sound prevailed 5-4.
Whitman, which also downed Pacific Lutheran 6-2 earlier in the season, seized the early advantage Friday by winning two of three points in doubles. First-year players Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur won 8-5 at No. 2, and senior Maura Flaherty teamed with sophomore Katie Oost for an 8-1 victory at No. 3. Pacific Lutheran's Nicole Petrzelka and Erika Feltus picked off a 9-7 win at No. 1 doubles.
In singles, the two teams split the first four matches to be completed. Oost and Flaherty won at No. 5 and No. 6 for Whitman. Feltus was a winner for PLU at No. 2 singles, and Liz Currey scored another point for the Lutes at No. 4.
With a 4-3 lead and two matches still in progress, the Missionaries needed one more win to clinch. Margo Lentz, another of Whitman's first-year players, did the honors at No. 3, finishing off a 6-3, 6-4 victory. Several minutes later, first-year Missionary Hadley DeBree completed a three-set comeback at No. 1 singles, winning the third set in a 10-3 super-tiebreaker.
After Saturday's match with Puget Sound, Whitman completes its regular season with an April 14 match at Whitworth. The NWC Championships are set for April 20-21 in Yakima, Wash.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Petrzelka/Feltus (PLU) def. Collier/Lentz: 9-7
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. B. Smith/Coats: 8-5
No. 3 -- Flaherty/Oost (Whitman) def. Fujitani/Brooks: 8-1
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Nicole Petrzelka: 6-7 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-3)
No. 2 -- Erika Feltus (PLU) def. Katie Collier: 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Ashley Coats: 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Liz Currey (PLU) def. Emily Smith: 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Bria Smith: 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Tracey Fujitani: 6-3, 6-1
Puget Sound regained possession of second place in the Northwest Conference women's tennis standings with a 5-4 victory over Whitman Saturday afternoon on the Missionary outdoor courts.
Downing Whitman by a single point for the second time this season, Puget Sound improved to 10-3 in the NWC and 11-3 overall. The Missionaries slipped to 11-4 in conference and 15-6 on the season.
"We played well but just came up a little short," Whitman coach Heidi Tate said. "We're still confident and hope to play Puget Sound again at the conference championship tournament."
After taking a 2-1 leading by winning twice in doubles, the Loggers made that margin stand up by splitting the six singles matches. Courtney Dunham and Alyssa Sidoff notched a quick win at No. 1 doubles, and Alana Wong and Alissa Wolf scored a narrow 9-7 victory at No. 3. Two of Whitman's first-year players, Divneet Kaur and Hadley DeBree, salvaged a point for Whitman at No. 2, winning 8-6.
The victorious Loggers got their wins in singles from Sidoff at No. 2, Katie Russell at No. 4 and Alana Wong at No. 6.
DeBree rallied for a three-set triumph at No. 1 singles. Margo Lentz, another of the first-year Missionaries, won in three sets at No. 3 singles, and senior Maura Flaherty remained undefeated in NWC singles play with a win at No. 6. Flaherty is 15-0 on the season against NWC opponents.
Whitman wraps up its regular season next Saturday at Whitworth. Puget Sound hosts Lewis & Clark next Friday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Sidoff/Dunham (UPS) def. Collier/Lentz: 8-2
No. 2 -- Divneet Kaur/DeBree (Whitman) def. Schultz/Russell: 8-6
No. 3 -- Wong/Wolf (UPS) def. Oost/Smith: 9-7
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Courtney Dunham: 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
No. 2 -- Alyssa Sidoff (UPS) def. Katie Collier: 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Katie Schultz: 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 6-1
No. 4 -- Katie Russell (UPS) def. Emily Smith: 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 -- Alana Wong (UPS) def. Katie Oost: 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Alissa Wolf: 6-3, 6-1
The Whitman women's tennis team wrapped up its regular season in fine fashion Saturday, scoring an 8-1 victory at Whitworth to finish with records of 16-6 overall and 12-4 in the Northwest Conference. Whitworth dropped to 9-11 on the season and 8-8 in conference.
Assuming a Puget Sound victory later today against Willamette, Whitman and Puget Sound will finish the season in a tie for second place in the final NWC standings. That is Whitman's best finish since it placed second in 2000.
Beating Whitworth for the second time this season, Whitman took the early lead by winning two of three matches in doubles. First-year players Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur won 8-4 at No. 2 doubles, and senior Maura Flaherty teamed with sophomore Katie Oost for an 8-5 win at No. 3.
Whitman notched straight-set victories in the top three slots in singles. DeBree won at No. 1, senior Katie Collier was victories at No. 2, and Oost was a winner at No. 3.
Flaherty capped her perfect NWC season in singles with a three-set thriller at No. 4. She took the deciding third set in a 10-7 super-tiebreaker, running her record against conference opponents to 16-0. She is 19-1 in singles against all opponents this season.
Kaur also won a battle at No. 5 singles, taking the third set in a 10-5 super-tiebreaker. With the team scoring already decided, Whitman senior Emily Smith won at No. 6 singles in a 9-8 pro set.
Whitman will likely enter the NWC Championship tournament, set for April 20-21 in Yakima, Wash., as the third seed. The Missionaries lost a pair of 5-4 decisions to Puget Sound during the regular season.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Aven/Troxell (Whitworth) def. Collier/Lentz: 8-4
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. McCoola/Johnson: 8-4
No. 3 -- Flaherty/Oost (Whitman) def. Smith/Hays: 8-5
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Rachel McCoola: 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 -- Katie Collier (Whitman) def. Linh Aven: 7-5, 6-1
No. 3 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Katie Troxell: 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Betsy Johnson: 6-1, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 5 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Taryn Smith: 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)
No. 6 -- Emily Smith (Whitman) def. Justine Hays: 9-8 (7-4)
Despite dropping a pair of three-setters in singles, the Whitman women's tennis team skipped past Willamette 5-4 Friday afternoon in an opening round match at the Northwest Conference Championships at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
Whitman, the No. 3 seed in the tournament, advanced into a late afternoon semifinal against Puget Sound, which had a first-round bye as the No. 2 seed. Whitman and Puget Sound finished the regular season with identical 12-4 records, but the Loggers got the higher seed based on two 5-4 wins over the Missionaries.
After twice beating Willamette by 7-2 scores this season, Whitman found itself in a much tougher battle in Friday's tournament setting. The Missionaries opened by winning two of three decisions in doubles, which proved to be the difference when the two teams then split the six matches in singles.
First-year Missionaries Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur won 8-3 at No. 2 doubles, upping their record against conference foes to 13-2. Senior Maura Flaherty and sophomore Katie Oost added an 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles. Senior Katie Collier and first-year teammate Margo Lentz lost 8-6 in a battle at No. 1 doubles.
DeBree won in straight sets at No. 1 singles, raising her conference record to 13-4, and Flaherty and Kaur stayed undefeated against NWC opponents with wins at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively. Flaherty, now 20-1 on the season and 17-0 in conference, won her second set 7-6 on a 6-4 tie-breaker. Kaur also cruised to a two-set victory, improving her singles record to to 11-2 overall and 9-0 in the NWC.
In the afternoon's most competitive matches, both Collier at No. 2 and Oost at No. 4 fell in three tough sets. Collier won her first set 6-4 but then dropped the next two by the same score. Oost evened her match with a 7-6 triumph in the second set, only to lose the deciding third set 7-6 on a 7-5 tie-breaker.
The loss dropped Willamette into a Saturday morning consolation match for fifth place.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Kam/Anderson (Willamette) def. Collier/Lentz: 8-6
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Morrison/Funabiki: 8-3
No. 3 -- Flaherty/Oost (Whitman) def. Butler/Elliott: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Tiffany Kam: 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 -- Susan Butler (Willamette) def. Katie Collier: 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 -- Alaine Anderson (Willamette) def. Margo Lentz: 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 -- Alyssa Morrison (Willamette) def. Katie Oost: 6-2, 6-7 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5)
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Abby Funabiki: 6-4, 7-6 (6-4)
No. 6 -- Divneet Kaur (Whitman) def. Emily Elliott: 6-4, 6-1
With a sweep of doubles and a pair of three-set victories in singles, Puget Sound posted a 7-2 win over Whitman in the semifinals of the Northwest Conference Women's Tennis Championships Friday afternoon at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
Puget Sound's victory, its third this season at Whitman's expense, sends the Loggers to an NWC title match showdown with top-ranked Linfield at noon Saturday. The Missionaries play Pacific Lutheran at 8 a.m. Saturday for third place.
Puget Sound, the tournament's No. 2 seed, bolted to a 3-0 lead over third-seeded Whitman by winning all three matches in doubles. Hadley DeBree and Margo Lentz, two first-year Missionaries, picked off victories at No. 1 and No. 3 singles, but when senior Katie Collier at No. 2 and sophomore Katie Oost at No. 4 came up just a little short in three-set battles, Whitman's hopes for a comeback were lost.
DeBree bounced back from a first-set loss to beat Puget Sound senior Courtney Dunham for the third time this season in the No. 1 singles showcase. Raising her NWC singles record to 14-4, DeBree outlasted Dunham 14-12 in a third-set super-tiebreaker.
At No. 3 singles, Lentz breezed to a 6-1 first-set victory and then closed out her match with a 7-3 second-set tiebreaker. Oost came within a few points of beating Puget Sound senior Katie Russell at No. 4 singles. Russell took the deciding third set in a 10-8 super-tiebreaker.
Whitman senior Katie Collier got off to a good start in the No. 2 slot, winning her first set 7-6. But Puget Sound's Alyssa Sidoff rallied to win the next two.
Two Missionaries, senior Maura Flaherty at No. 5 and first-year teammate Divneet Kaur, suffered their first NWC losses of the season. Flaherty slipped to 17-1 while Kaur is now 9-1.
In two regular season matches, Puget Sound downed Whitman 5-4 and 7-2.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Sidoff/Dunham (UPS) def. Collier/Lentz: 8-0
No. 2 -- Schultz/Russell (UPS) def. Kaur/DeBree: 8-4
No. 3 -- Wong/Samantha Taylor (UPS) def. Oost/Flaherty: 8-2
Singles
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Courtney Dunham: 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (14-12)
No. 2 -- Alyssa Sidoff (UPS) def. Katie Collier: 6-7, 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Katie Schultz: 6-1, 7-6 (7-3)
No. 4 -- Katie Russell (UPS) def. Katie Oost: 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8)
No. 5 -- Alana Wong (UPS) def. Maura Flaherty: 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 -- Ashley Spencer (UPS) def. Divneet Kaur: 6-4, 6-3
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Sending coach Heidi Tate on her way as a winner, the Whitman women's tennis beat Pacific Lutheran 6-3 Saturday morning to claim third place at the Northwest Conference Tennis Championships at the Yakima (Wash.) Tennis Club.
Tate is leaving the coaching profession after 10 years, including seven seasons at Whitman, to pursue a career in the medical field. With Saturday's win, her Missionaries finished the season with records of 18-7 overall and 14-5 in the NWC.
Beating Pacific Lutheran for the third time this season, Whitman moved into an early lead by winning two of three matches in doubles. First-year Missionaries Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur won 8-6 at No. 2 doubles, stretching their record to 14-3 against conference opponents. Senior Maura Flaherty and sophomore Katie Oost, who forged a doubles partnership late in the season, won 8-4 in the No. 3 match.
Whitman sealed its victory by taking three of six decisions in singles competition, which was delayed for 30 minutes at one point by a light rain. The difference came at No. 4 singles, where Oost rallied from a first-set loss to win in three. The comeback was a sweet one for Oost, who had suffered tough three-set losses in the two opening rounds of the tournament. Oost finished her season with a 14-4 singles mark against NWC foes.
Margo Lentz, another of Whitman's first-year players, cruised to a quick 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 3 singles, and senior Maura Flaherty put the finishing touches on a remarkable year with a 6-4, 7-5 triumph at No. 5. Flaherty, who endured her first conference loss of the season in yesterday's semifinal match against Puget Sound, compiled records of 21-2 overall and 18-1 in NWC play.
Kaur nearly notched a seventh team point for the Missionaries. But after winning the first set 6-3, she dropped the next two by scores of 6-4 and 6-3.
A two-time NWC Coach of the Year, Tate guided her teams to a 69-33 NWC dual match record in her seven seasons. Hannah Swee, an all-conference player who graduated from Whitman in 2005, takes over the head coaching position. Swee has been an assistant coach the past two seasons.
In a break from past seasons, the all-conference teams and post-season honors will not be announced until Monday.
Doubles
No. 1 -- Petrzelka/Feltus (PLU) def. Collier/Lentz: 8-4
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. Smith/Coats: 8-6
No. 3 -- Flaherty/Oost (Whitman) def. Fujitani/Brooks: 8-4
Singles
No. 1 -- Nicole Petrzelka (PLU) def. Hadley DeBree: 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 -- Erika Feltus (PLU) def. Katie Collier: 6-2, 6-2
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Ashley Coats: 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Bria Smith: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Tracey Fujitani: 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 -- Ashley Brooks (PLU) def. Divneet Kaur: 3-6, 6-4, 6-3