Yesterday, we hosted our first 1 day campus showdown, an event sponsored by the USTA and ITA meant to provide competition for our college players, exposure to college for high school/junior players and strengthen ties between the college and community.
Having participants from both the Whitman varsity and club tennis teams along with players from Lewis and Clark State College (ID), local women's open level players, and junior players from Washington, Oregon and Idaho it was a great event.
The one set format with compass draws (everyone plays an equal number of matches) was outstanding and there was some wonderful tennis with Abby Farrell besting Whitman alum and current assistant coach Katie Oost in a tiebreak for the singles final.
In doubles, Whitman duo Elise Otto and Divneet Kaur got a scare in the semi's going down 3-0 to the local women's duo of Laura Cummings and Susan Anfinson before recovering to win 6-4. In the final, Elise and Div broke at 2-2 and never looked back to win 6-2, taking the title against a great high school doubles team from Kennewick, WA. Ali Welch and Demie Warner are the two time Washington 3A doubles state champions and they played some great tennis all day long.
Full singles results can be seen at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnHvUcRNTH_FdG44RUQ2d1hubW9wZlhnWTFtVTFwRGc&hl=en
Doubles results are at http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AnHvUcRNTH_FdFN1bFlYMndiWWYtaGdZQmJnOXJCWVE&hl=en
Thanks to everyone for coming out to play and for those who watched. We are now even more geared up to start our season at home Feb 12th vs UPS and Feb 13th vs PLU and then LCSC.
Best wishes,
John, Katie and the Whitman Tennis Team
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To me, being a college student is about opportunity and growth. As a coach, I consider myself lucky to spend 4 years providing opportunity while nurturing growth. We use common goals, hard work, open communication, respect and accountability as means to building meaningful relationships and improving each player’s skill set on and off the court. This means embodying championship virtues to inspire athletic, academic and personal growth that not only happens while you are at Whitman, but becomes a part of who you are throughout life.