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April 6,
2007
Men's Tennis
Comes Back to Beat Beavers
Men’s tennis
rallied from 2-1 down after doubles play, taking five of six
singles matches to win by a convincing 6-3 margin over
conference rival Caltech on April 6.
The win secured a sixth place regular season SCIAC finish for
the Poets. Sixth is where the Beavers finished a year ago.
Justin Delong '10 and Sean Robertson '10 easily
won their match at #1 doubles. DeLong then went on to win
at #1 singles in straight sets (6-4, 6-4), while Robertson
finished off his opponent in #2 singles in three (4-6, 6-4,
4-2). |
Justin DeLong '10 |
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This is the
first time Whittier men’s tennis has finished out of the cellar
in nearly two decades. The Poets next host #27th
ranked Cal Lutheran Sat. at 9:30am..
Doubles:
#1 Robertson/DeLong (WC) def. Lazear/Tai (CIT) 8-1
#2 Chiu/Shadrin (CIT) def. Ainsworth/Benesch (WC) 8-5
#3 Narsimhan/Ram (CIT) def. Choi/Astbury (WC) 9-7
Singles:
#1 Justin DeLong (WC) def. T. Lazear (CIT) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Sean Robertson (WC) def. V. Narsimhan (CIT) 4-6, 6-4, 4-2
#3 R. Chiu (CIT) def. E. Ainsworth (WC) 6-3, 6-0
#4 Trey Astbury (WC) def. E. Tai (WC) 6-1, 6-2
#5 Danny Benesch (WC) def. R. Kandasang 6-4, 6-1
#6 Joseph Choi (WC) def. I. Shadin 6-2, 6-3 |
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