Hi all,
Today we played the first of two weekend matches in Western Oregon, notching a 7-2 win over the host Pioneers of Lewis and Clark. Seeing Whitney DeBree of the Pios made us miss her sister Hadley who graduated from Whitman last Spring all the more. It's a good thing next weekend is Alumni/Family weekend as Had will be coming to see us in Walla Walla.
Both teams played well and it was a great match with contributions from everyone. It is also amazing to be in Portland getting to know Leah's family. Thanks for the wonderful support and an amazing pre-match brunch.
We're at it again tomorrow with a match at Linfield at 10am.
Best,
Coach Hein
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Welcome to the Northwest Conference Lizzy Schiller...Whitman tops Willamette 5-4
We've just wrapped up an amazing weekend of tennis here at Whitman which included a wonderful match against LCSC (read here) and about the most exciting start to the conference season we could have had (read here), you can always also check scores on www.itatennis.com under "Awards and Rankings" and click on recent results and look for Whitman team results or DIII women.
I can't possibly go through the details of the weekend without writing a book, so I'll say thanks to the LCSC Warriors, for being just that, true warriors who battled and fought as we played 4 doubles and 10 singles matches, giving all of our players a chance to play. We saw great tennis and great effort from all.
Then, today vs. Willamette we pulled out a 5-4 victory in the most exciting way. Up 2-1 after doubles (and winning a gritty 8-6 proset at #4, Emily set the tone with a terrific first set win, Elise followed and was able to win in straight sets to put us up 3-1. Unfortunately after a tooth and nail battle in the first, Kate fell in 2 sets to a talented Willamette freshman. So, at 3-2, Alyssa fell in two tough sets and Emily played some inspired tennis but lost 6-4 in the third. The match was up to our depth and at 6 singles, Hannah was a boss. She played like a senior never getting rattled and cruising in two sets. Lizzy had a terrific first set then some adjustments by her opponent and a momentum shift had her in a third set.
A third set for a match tied 4-4 is thrilling as everyone watches and cheer for their team after almost every point. Sometimes it is about fitness or heart or tennis, but today all three came into play as both players saved their best for last and after an early change of breaks, held into a tiebreak at 6-6.
In her first NWC match, Lizzy banged out some of her best points and had the crowd roaring going up 4-0, then cruising to a 7-2 win to win the match for Whitman. It was a great individual effort and a wonderful team display.
Then, the team stayed after this marathon to treat local kids to free tennis and prizes for our campus kids day. Thanks to all the kids, Whitman Students, family members and Walla Wallan's who watched and supported us, it was wonderful both days. Special thanks to my twitter helper for keeping those who couldn't be here updated.
-Coach Hein
I can't possibly go through the details of the weekend without writing a book, so I'll say thanks to the LCSC Warriors, for being just that, true warriors who battled and fought as we played 4 doubles and 10 singles matches, giving all of our players a chance to play. We saw great tennis and great effort from all.
Then, today vs. Willamette we pulled out a 5-4 victory in the most exciting way. Up 2-1 after doubles (and winning a gritty 8-6 proset at #4, Emily set the tone with a terrific first set win, Elise followed and was able to win in straight sets to put us up 3-1. Unfortunately after a tooth and nail battle in the first, Kate fell in 2 sets to a talented Willamette freshman. So, at 3-2, Alyssa fell in two tough sets and Emily played some inspired tennis but lost 6-4 in the third. The match was up to our depth and at 6 singles, Hannah was a boss. She played like a senior never getting rattled and cruising in two sets. Lizzy had a terrific first set then some adjustments by her opponent and a momentum shift had her in a third set.
A third set for a match tied 4-4 is thrilling as everyone watches and cheer for their team after almost every point. Sometimes it is about fitness or heart or tennis, but today all three came into play as both players saved their best for last and after an early change of breaks, held into a tiebreak at 6-6.
In her first NWC match, Lizzy banged out some of her best points and had the crowd roaring going up 4-0, then cruising to a 7-2 win to win the match for Whitman. It was a great individual effort and a wonderful team display.
Then, the team stayed after this marathon to treat local kids to free tennis and prizes for our campus kids day. Thanks to all the kids, Whitman Students, family members and Walla Wallan's who watched and supported us, it was wonderful both days. Special thanks to my twitter helper for keeping those who couldn't be here updated.
-Coach Hein
Monday, February 14, 2011
Campus Kids Day this Sunday Feb 20th!
Hi everyone,
If you're local I hope you can come watch some great tennis this weekend as our first home matches are
Sat at 1pm vs Lewis-Clark State College (ID), the #16 ranked NAIA team in the nation.
Sun at 9am vs Willamette, kick off our NWC season with our first USTA/ITA Campus Kids Day with free food, fun activities, and lots of great tennis to watch and play, click here to see the pdf file with more information.
Go Whitman!
If you're local I hope you can come watch some great tennis this weekend as our first home matches are
Sat at 1pm vs Lewis-Clark State College (ID), the #16 ranked NAIA team in the nation.
Sun at 9am vs Willamette, kick off our NWC season with our first USTA/ITA Campus Kids Day with free food, fun activities, and lots of great tennis to watch and play, click here to see the pdf file with more information.
Go Whitman!
Monday, February 7, 2011
How to get into medical school...by Divneet Kaur
Step 1: Decide to become a Doctor
Step 2: Attend Whitman and show up to first tennis practice with no racket
Step 3: Major in Religion
Step 4: Choose a medical school and continually shake your fist and yell at it to let you in from the team bus as it goes by.
Step 5: Win over 100 matches, including several wearing bright colored plastic sunglasses (she swore they were the best to keep the sun out, so we went with it).
Step 6: Get accepted to your top choice Med school.
easy...right?
Congratulations Dr. Div! We're so proud and excited that you'll be attending OHSU in Portland next year. I'm sure I missed some steps that involved a lot of studying, rocking the MCATs, working post grad for Americorps in the Health field in Oregon, and some other important stuff, but I think those were the key steps, especially #4 which you were relentless at.
Step 2: Attend Whitman and show up to first tennis practice with no racket
Step 3: Major in Religion
Step 4: Choose a medical school and continually shake your fist and yell at it to let you in from the team bus as it goes by.
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| Div Driving a Backhand at Conference |
Step 6: Get accepted to your top choice Med school.
easy...right?
Congratulations Dr. Div! We're so proud and excited that you'll be attending OHSU in Portland next year. I'm sure I missed some steps that involved a lot of studying, rocking the MCATs, working post grad for Americorps in the Health field in Oregon, and some other important stuff, but I think those were the key steps, especially #4 which you were relentless at.
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