2008 Woodie Awards
Pirates start season with road losses
Colin Storm, Staff Writer
Issue date: 2/20/07
Last Updated: 8/9/07
The Whitworth women's tennis team opened their 2007 season with a pair of road losses to Willamette University and Linfield College last weekend.
After sweeping the doubles matches with a pair of 8-5 decisions at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, the Bearcats took five of the six singles matches last Saturday. Sophomore Linh Aven was the lone winner at No. 2 singles with a 6-0, 6-4 victory.
Junior Taryn Smith and sophomore Justine Hays came close to wins at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively, both losing third set super-tiebreakers. Both lost their first set 6-3, then both rebounded with 6-4 second set wins, but Smith lost 10-3 in the 10-point tiebreaker while Hays lost 13-11 in her tiebreaker.
Last Sunday, the Pirates lost to the Linfield Wildcats 7-2 with both wins coming in singles. Hays won at No. 6 singles, despite losing the first set 6-1. She fought her way to a 7-5 win in the second set, then beat the Wildcats' Emma Becker with a 6-4 win in the third set. Senior Betsy Johnson also won with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Linfield's Molly Nelson.
The Pirates look to rebound with two home matches next weekend against Lewis & Clark College on Friday and George Fox University on Saturday. Both matches begin at 2 p.m.
After sweeping the doubles matches with a pair of 8-5 decisions at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, the Bearcats took five of the six singles matches last Saturday. Sophomore Linh Aven was the lone winner at No. 2 singles with a 6-0, 6-4 victory.
Junior Taryn Smith and sophomore Justine Hays came close to wins at No. 4 and No. 5 respectively, both losing third set super-tiebreakers. Both lost their first set 6-3, then both rebounded with 6-4 second set wins, but Smith lost 10-3 in the 10-point tiebreaker while Hays lost 13-11 in her tiebreaker.
Last Sunday, the Pirates lost to the Linfield Wildcats 7-2 with both wins coming in singles. Hays won at No. 6 singles, despite losing the first set 6-1. She fought her way to a 7-5 win in the second set, then beat the Wildcats' Emma Becker with a 6-4 win in the third set. Senior Betsy Johnson also won with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Linfield's Molly Nelson.
The Pirates look to rebound with two home matches next weekend against Lewis & Clark College on Friday and George Fox University on Saturday. Both matches begin at 2 p.m.
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