I'll make the writing brief and utilize some of the many great photos Sandy took over the weekend (thanks!) to tell the story our big first home weekend where we notched wins over the #7,8 and 13 teams in the West Region. What a start to our DIII season!
 A fun and focused warmup vs #7 in West UC Santa Cruz - lots of blue and yellow on court for Thursday night |
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| Morgan and Jenna getting it started at 2 dubs vs the Slugs |
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| Kate R and Katrina dig in early vs the Slugs |
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| After a big comeback at 3 and a huge win at 1, we take a 2-1 lead into singles! |
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| Jenna and the team are all smiles after splitting singles and scoring a 5-4 win. Rubes (Kate R) also won her #7 exhibition singles. |
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| We then refocused for Think Pink day and a rematch of the NWC Tournament vs Linfield on Saturday |
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| Alyssa, Courtney and everyone else led the way to a doubles sweep and a 3-0 lead on the conference champs. |
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| Maddy served it up in singles, but fell in an intense 14-12 super tie break. What guts this kid has! |
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| Along with defeating Linfield 8-1, we got some great exhibitions in, Erin was the Whittie of the Match winning doubles with KKP and coming back from 4-7 to take her proset in a tie break! Great mental match from the sophomore. |
Beyond the tennis, this was a special weekend for the team to enjoy competing and demonstrating all of their hard work so far. We know it's just the beginning, but it was a terrific start. It was also tremendous to have the support of our campus, friends and families, thanks to all who came and also to those who took some extra time to spend with us away from the matches. Thank you all!!!
You can find more photos on our flickr page and also on facebook under our team page and Whitman athletics.
This weekend, we have just one match, but again its a big one at home as NWC contender Lewis and Clark travels to Walla Walla to play at 2pm on Saturday.
-John
