March 24, 2008

Lutes Shut Down Whittier Poets, 9-0

WHITTIER, Calif. - One day after being shut out by No. 10-ranked Redlands, Pacific Lutheran returned the favor to Whittier, beating the Poets by a 9-0 score.

The Lutes lost only seven games in sweeping the three doubles points. In singles play, two of the six matches went to super-tiebreaker and the Lutes won those as well. After splitting a pair of 6-4 sets at No.1 singles with Whittier's Jennifer Pigott, PLU's Erika Feltus won the super-tiebreaker, 10-3. PLU's Morgan Jones won a super-tiebreaker at No. 6 singles, 10-7, after winning the first set 6-4 and dropping the second 6-3.

The Lutes' match scheduled for Tuesday afternoon at Vanguard has been canceled. PLU concludes its Spring Break swing to California on Wednesday with a match at Cal Lutheran.

PLU 9, Whittier 0

Doubles:
1. Erika Feltus/Ashley Coats (PLU) def. Pigott/Friedhoff, 8-3
2. Liz Currey/Ashley Brooks (PLU) def. Rainville/Redleaf, 8-4
3. Esther Ham/Makara Thach (PLU) def. Wingo/Gonzalez, 8-3

Singles:
1. Feltus (PLU) def. Pigott, 4-6, 6-4 (10-3)
2. Currey (PLU) def. Friedhoff, 6-0, 6-1
3. Coats (PLU) def. Rainville, 6-1, 6-1
4. Brooks (PLU) def. Wingo, 6-1, 6-1
5. Ham (PLU) def. Redleaf, 6-4, 6-2
6. Morgan Jones (PLU) def. Nava, 6-4, 3-6 (10-7)

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