Feb. 22, 2008

Lutes Sweep Conference Tennis Matches from George Fox, UPS

Pacific Lutheran came out a winner in a trio of tennis matches played on Friday afternoon. Playing with a split squad, the PLU men improved their record to 5-1 against Northwest Conference opponents on Friday afternoon with easy victories over hosts George Fox and Puget Sound.

Men vs. Puget Sound: Box Score
One team of Lutes faced George Fox in Newberg, Ore., and PLU rolled to an 6-3 victory. A second group of Lutes went against Puget Sound over at the UPS Tennis Pavilion and chopped up the Loggers, 9-0.

PLU had four of its top six players for the UPS match, and it was never close as the Lutes started with a doubles sweep, followed by singles victories in which they did not lose a single set.

In doubles play, the No. 1 team of Justin Larimore and Justin Peterson were 8-5 winners, while Jared Vidano and Jamie Crosetto won at No. 2, 8-4. That duo usually plays No. 3 doubles for PLU. Scott Shelton and newcomer Brent Smoots handled their opponents at No. 3 by an 8-3 score.

The singles winners looked like this: No. 1 Larimore, 6-1, 6-1; No. 2 Peterson, 6-2, 6-4; No. 3 Vidano, 6-1, 6-4; No. 4 Sheldon, 6-3, 6-2; No. 5 Tory Silvestrin, 6-2, 6-1; and No. 6 Smoots, 6-1, 7-6.

Men vs. George Fox: Box Score

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