March 27, 2007

Lutes Give Redlands a Tussle but Fall, 6-3

REDLANDS, Calif. - Pacific Lutheran gave the host Redlands Bulldogs a tussle before dropping a 6-3 men's tennis match on Tuesday afternoon at the University of Redlands courts.

The loss was the third in a row for the Lutes on the Spring Break trip to California. Earlier, nationally ranked Point Loma Nazarene and Trinity (Texas) got the measure of PLU.

Senior David Miller and junior Justin Larimore teamed up to win their doubles point and also came out on top in their singles matches. Miller and Larimore recorded an 8-6 win over Eric Wagar and Michael Reading at No. 1 doubles. Miller then defeated Wager 7-6 (5), 2-6, 1-0 (10-6) in a super tiebreaker at No. 1 singles, and Larimore defeated Chris Trippel 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4 singles.

The Lutes return to action at 2 p.m. Wednesday when they battle Pomona-Pitzer. The team closes its California trip with a Friday afternoon match against California Lutheran.

REDLANDS 6, PLU 3

Doubles:
David Miller-Justin Larimore, PLU, def. Eric Wagar-Michael Reading, 8-6
Zack Hasenyager-Ransom Cook, UR, def. Jeff Loranger-Justin Peterson, 8-2
Ian Bradburn-Chris Trippel, UR, def. Kevin Floyd-Jared Vidano, 8-6

Singles:
Miller, PLU, def. Wagar, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)
Aron Ouye, UR, def. Floyd, 6-4, 6-4
Bradburn, UR, def. Loranger, 6-4, 6-2
Larimore, PLU, def. Trippel, 6-4, 6-4
Reading, UR, def. Justin Peterson, 6-1, 6-2
Cook, UR, def. Jared Vidano, 6-2, 6-4

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