Feb. 24, 2007

Lutes Defeat Willamette in Women's Tennis, Improve to 3-0

Erika Feltus - singles and doubles wins

TACOMA, Wash. - Pacific Lutheran improved its season and Northwest Conference women's tennis record to 3-0 with a 7-2 victory over the Willamette Bearcats on Saturday afternoon at the UPS Tennis Pavilion.

The Lutes started out the match by winning all three doubles points. PLU's No. 1 doubles team of Erika Feltus and Nicole Petrzelka defeated Alaine Anderson and Tiffany Kam, 8-5, to get the Lutes off to a solid start. Megan Proffitt and Ashley Coats combined for an 8-4 win over Susan Butler and Becca Younger at No. 2 doubles, and Bria Smith and Roz Currie teamed up for a 9-8 (7-5 tie-breaker) win over Abby Funabiki and Alyssa Morrison at No. 3 doubles.

In singles, 2006 all-conference players Feltus and Petrzelka had straight set wins at the top two positions. Feltus beat Kam, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 1, and Petrzelka topped Butler, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2. The other PLU singles points came from Coats, who beat Younger 7-5, 6-4 at No. 5, and from Tracy Fujitani, who stopped A.J. Omens, 7-5, 6-0, at No. 6.

Willamette picked up wins from Anderson at No. 3 and from Morrison at No. 4 singles. Anderson beat Currie, 6-4, 6-1, and Morrison topped Smith in a hotly contested tie-breaker, 2-6, 6-4 (11-9).

Pacific Lutheran returns to action at 11 a.m. Sunday with a Northwest Conference match at Puget Sound. Willamette, which is now 2-5 in dual matches this season, is back in action on March 3 with a conference match at Lewis & Clark.

PLU 7, Willamette 2

SINGLES:
Erika Feltus, PLU, def Tiffany Kam, 6-2 6-2
Nicole Petrzelka, PLU, def. Susan Butler, 6-3 6-1
Alaine Anderson, WU, def. Roz Currie, 6-4 6-1
Alyssa Morrison, WU, def. Bria Smith. 2-6 6-4 (11-9)
Ashley Coats, PLU, def. Becca Younger, 7-5 6-4
Tracy Fujitani, PLU, def. A.J. Omens, 7-5 6-0

DOUBLES:
Feltus-Petrzelka, PLU, def. Anderson-Kam, 8-5
Megan Proffitt-Coats, PLU, def. Butler-Younger, 8-4
Smith-Currie, PLU, def. Abby Funabiki-Morrison, 9-8 (7-5)

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