April 6, 2007

Whitman Takes 6-3 Victory over Pacific Lutheran

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- Winning its seventh consecutive match, the Whitman College women's tennis team downed Pacific Lutheran 6-3 Friday afternoon in the Bratton Tennis Center.

The victory, coupled with Puget Sound's loss Friday at Whitworth, moved Whitman into sole possession of second place in the Northwest Conference. The Missionaries, now 11-3 in the NWC, are percentage points ahead of Puget Sound and its 9-3 conference mark.

Whitman, which also downed Pacific Lutheran 6-3 earlier in the season, seized the early advantage Friday by winning two of three points in doubles. Pacific Lutheran's Nicole Petrzelka and Erika Feltus picked off a 9-7 win at No. 1 doubles.

In singles, the two teams split the first four matches to be completed. Feltus was a winner for PLU at No. 2 singles, and Liz Currey scored another point for the Lutes at No. 4. Petrzelka dropped the No. 1 singles match in a super tiebreaker.

Doubles:
No. 1 -- Petrzelka/Feltus (PLU) def. Collier/Lentz: 9-7
No. 2 -- DeBree/Kaur (Whitman) def. B. Smith/Coats: 8-5
No. 3 -- Flaherty/Oost (Whitman) def. Fujitani/Brooks: 8-1

Singles:
No. 1 -- Hadley DeBree (Whitman) def. Nicole Petrzelka: 6-7 (7-5), 7-6 (7-4), 1-0 (10-3)
No. 2 -- Erika Feltus (PLU) def. Katie Collier: 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 -- Margo Lentz (Whitman) def. Ashley Coats: 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 -- Liz Currey (PLU) def. Emily Smith: 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 -- Katie Oost (Whitman) def. Bria Smith: 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 -- Maura Flaherty (Whitman) def. Tracey Fujitani: 6-3, 6-1

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