April 28, 2007

Miller-Larimore Advance to Ojai Tournament Doubles Championship

OJAI, Calif. - David Miller and Justin Larimore beat two more opponents on Saturday to advance to the championship doubles match at the Ojai Tournament. In doing so, the PLU duo become the first Lute netters to reach a championship match at the prestigious West Coast small college tournament.

Miller and Larimore, the No. 8 seed, will face No. 5 seed Max Liberty-Point and Brian Pybas from UC Santa Cruz at 3:30 p.m. Sunday.

After winning twice on Friday, Miller and Larimore continued to play outstanding doubles, rolling to a pair of 8-3 victories. In the quarterfinals they disposed of unseeded Eric Chow and David Oehm from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, and in the semifinals they topped No. 2 seed Max Ortiz and Matt Seeberger from UC Santa Cruz.

On the other side of the bracket, Liberty-Point and Pybas defeated No. 1 seed Guillaume Schils and Lawrence Wang from Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, 9-7.

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