Half of Westmont's starters have been named 2012 NAIA Men's Tennis All-Americans. Senior Bryan Cox of Alamo, California was named to the first team. Tim Goranson of Falkenberg, Sweden and Rodrigo Schaefer of Florianopolis, Brazil were placed on the second team. It marks the first time in Warrior history that three men's tennis players have received All-American honors. Playing at number one singles, Cox posted a record of 11-10. Goranson's single record was 13-8, playing mostly and … [Read more...]
Mackall plays tough, advances to CIF Round of 32
Saturday, May 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Cate's Blake Mackall is a gamer.Mackall pulled out a huge comeback win in the first set of his third-round match and advanced out of Friday's CIF Individual Sectional tennis tournament at home with a gutsy victory over Kevin Bondar of Oaks Christian.Mackall fought off five set points to take the first set in a 10-8 tiebreaker, took a 2-0 lead in the second set and claimed victory when Bondar was forced to retire with a back injury.He earlier defeated the Foothill League champion … [Read more...]
Warriors fall in NAIA quarters
Friday, May 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Westmont Men's Tennis lost a 5-0 match to top-seeded Fresno Pacific on Thursday at the NAIA Men's Tennis Championship in Mobile, Alabama. This marks the third year in a row the Warriors have reached the quarterfinals of the national tournament.The Warriors were swept in doubles action; giving Fresno a 3-0 lead going into singles."I was hoping that we would win one or two of the doubles, and if we really were lucky, all three," said Westmont head coach Mark Basham. "I felt like we got … [Read more...]
Buckley beats out Rams for semifinal spot
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Buckley won the close sets to gain the advantage in Tuesday's CIF Division 4 quarterfinal match with Cate, which ended in a 13-5 decision.Blake Mackall swept his three sets in singles for Cate, which got one more point in singles from Austin Lokre.Abhay Singh and Brendan Lokre teamed to win Cate's only set in doubles. Their losses were by scores of 6-4 and 7-5. Bill Pomerans/Jack Hoover and Thys Northup/Michael Revord were on the wrong end of several close sets.Cate finishes its … [Read more...]
Games at a premium in Dons-PV CIF match
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In a reminder of how evenly matched the boys tennis teams from Santa Barbara High and Palos Verdes have been this season, the Sea Kings and Dons tied 9-9 once again in Tuesday's CIF Division 1 quarterfinal match.Just like the first time, Palos Verdes tipped the result in its favor with a 79-74 advantage in total games."So we've played them twice now. It's 18-18. It's unbelievable how close it is with them," said Dons head coach Greg Tebbe.The score was tied 3-3, 6-6 and 9-9 after … [Read more...]
