Sept. 25, 2007

PLU Pair Wins Consolation Final at Fall ITA

McMINNVILLE, Ore. – James Crosetto and Jared Vidano won the doubles consolation championship to highlight Pacific Lutheran’s performance at the 2007 Wilson/ITA Regional Championships for men’s tennis held here last weekend.

After losing their opening doubles match, Crosetto and Vidano won three matches, including one by default, to reach the consolation championship. In a closely contested match, the Lute duo beat Jasper Follows and Robert Rye of Whitman, 9-8 (3).

As it did a year ago, Whitman dominated the regional event. The Missionaries had seven of the eight quarterfinal spots in singles and three of the four semifinal spots in doubles. Pacific Lutheran’s Jeff Larimore was the only non-Whitman player among the final eight in singles. The senior won three matches before losing to Whitman’s Etienne Moshevich, 6-2, 7-6 (1). In doubles, Larimore and Justin Peterson won three matches before losing to Whitman’s Nadeem Kassam and Jake Cappell, 8-3.

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