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March 1, 2008 Lutes Fall to Whitman, Beat Whitworth in Men’s Tennis Whitman 9, PLU
0 TACOMA, Wash. – Pacific Lutheran split a pair of Northwest Conference men’s tennis matches on Saturday, losing 9-0 to Whitman before taking an 8-1 victory over Whitworth. The Whitman match, played at the UPS Tennis Pavilion, went decidedly in the favor of the Missionaries, who three weeks ago beat the Lutes by a 6-3 score. The visitors were especially tough in singles, needing three sets in only two of the six matches. Matt Solomon beat Kevin Floyd, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 1 singles, while Jake Cappel topped Justin Peterson, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 singles. Pacific Lutheran had little trouble in the Whitworth match, and in fact did not lose a set during singles play. Whitworth picked up its lone team point at No. 3 doubles where Scott Donnell and Colin Zalewski defeated Jared Vidano and James Crosetto, 8-6. Kevin Floyd and Michael Manser, normally PLU’s No. 2 doubles team, played at No. 1 and defeated Ed Anegon and Joe Wales, 8-5. Scott Peterson played with Scott Sheldon and the Lute duo beat Josh Steele and Henry Williams at No. 2, 8-4. Kevin Floyd defeated Steele, 6-0, 6-2, to win the top singles match. With normal No. 2 singles player Justin Larimore not playing against Whitworth, the next five Lutes all played up one spot and won. Peterson moved up to No. 2 and defeated Anegon, 6-4, 6-2, while Manser defeated Wales, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 3. Vidano got a measure of revenge in his No. 4 singles match against Donnell, winning 6-3, 6-2, while Scott Sheldon beat Williams at No. 5, 6-1, 6-4, and John deMars topped Zalewski at No. 6, 7-6, 6-1. - PLU -
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