News Release Date:
Sunday, February 22

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Whitman College men tennis team put an entirely different line-up on the courts Sunday, but the result was the same as the day before, a 9-0 shutout against a Northwest Conference opponent in the Bratton Tennis Center.

Improving to 4-0 in the NWC and 5-1 overall, Whitman dropped relatively few games in blanking Pacific University in Sunday's match. The Boxers saw their conference and season records slip to 2-3.

Jake Cappell

Justin Hayashi, the only senior playing for Whitman, teamed with junior Dan Wilson for an 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles. 

Sophomore Etienne Moshevich rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 triumph at No. 1 singles.

The day's most competitive match came at No. 2 singles, where Chris Bailey decisioned Micah Leo 6-3, 6-2.  Wilson beat Eric Furuya 6-3 in their first set at No. 4 singles before winning 6-0 in the second.

The remaining three matches in singles were onesided. Jake Cappell won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 while Hayashi at No. 5 and Thomas Roston at No. 6 didn't lose a game.

Whitman, ranked No. 20 nationally in NCAA Div. III, will play two more split-squad matches next Sunday. While one group travels to Tacoma, Wash., to play a NWC match against Puget Sound, a second group stays at home to host NCAA Div. I Montana. Both of those matches start at 10 a.m.

Pacific hosts Willamette and Linfield next Friday and Saturday.

Whitman 9, Pacific 0: Match Scores

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CONTACT: Dave Holden
Sports Information Director
Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash.
holden@whitman.edu; (509) 527-5902