Join Tennis-Depot.com, exclusive authorized dealer of HEAD tennis equipment, and HEAD/Penn Racquet Sports representatives as they host Santa Barbara’s first HEAD Tennis Day 2011. The event will be held on Saturday, November 19th, from 10am to 5:30pm at the Oceanside Tennis Academy courts at the Fess Parker’s Doubletree Resort (633 E. Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara, CA).“HEAD Tennis Day 2011 will be an event for the whole family,” said Tennis-Depot co-founder Lubo Bojilov, “with … [Read more...]
Oceanside Tennis Academy to host HEAD Tennis Day Nov. 19
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Jeanson, Lima, Kolodinski honored by SBART
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 By 1 Comment
(RALEIGH, N.C.) Three Westmont athleteshave been honored as Collegiate Athlete of the Year in their respective sportsby the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table at its annual Hall of Fame Banquet.Jake Jeanson was honored for men's cross country, Carlos Lima received therecognition for men's tennis and Andrew Kolodinski was recognized for men'strack and field. Jeanson, a sophomore from Riverside, finished eighth at the GoldenState Athletic Conference cross country championships in … [Read more...]
Warriors fall in Quarterfinals
Thursday, May 19, 2011 By 1 Comment
(MOBILE, Ala.) With a 5-4 loss in the quarterfinals of the NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship, the2011 season came to an end for Westmont Men's Tennis. The sixth-seeded Warriors (13-6) fell tonumber three seed Auburn Montgomery (25-3). The Senators advance to the semifinals on Friday whenthey will take on #2 Embry-Riddle (Fla.). In doubles action, Auburn Montgomery took a 2-0 lead by winning on the number two and three courts. Atnumber two, Tim Göranson and … [Read more...]
Warriors reach quarterfinals at NAIA Nationals
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 By 1 Comment
Westmont won its opening match at the NAiA Men’s National Tennis Championships, beating 11th-ranked Shorter, Ga., 5-1, in Mobile. Ala. on Wednesday.The sixth-ranked Warriors (13-5) advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals, where they’ll play No. 3 Auburn-Montgomery (24-3)."I think our guys can build on this win — we will see what they can do tomorrow," said Westmont head coach Mark Basham. "It will take a very solid team effort, but we are capable of doing it. We need to take each … [Read more...]
Westmont seeded 6th for NAIA national tournament
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
Westmont men's tennis (12-5) enters next week's NAIA National Tournament in Mobile, Ala. as the number six seed and will receive a first-round bye. Westmont begins play in the second round on Wednesday, May 18 with the Warriors taking on the winner of the Shorter (Ga.)/Hastings (Neb.) match.A win would propel the Warriors into Thursday's quarterfinals where they would likely face No. 3 Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.), the 2010 National Champion."We are going into nationals with momentum … [Read more...]
Basham, Lima, Cox, Mathews honored by GSAC
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 By 1 Comment
(SANTA BARBARA, Calif.) Westmont head coach Mark Basham has been named the Golden State Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Coach of the Year and senior Carlos Lima has been honored as the GSAC Most Outstanding Player of the Year. Bryan Cox, along with Lima, was named to the 2011 All-GSAC Men's Tennis Team while Ilissa Mathews earned a spot on the 2011 All-GSAC Women's Tennis Team. Basham, in his second year at Westmont, will take the sixth-seeded Warriors to the NAIA National … [Read more...]
Westmont coach gets last laugh after her team’s 9-0 win
Friday, April 1, 2011 By 1 Comment
Following the 25th-ranked Westmont women's tennis team's defeat of Hope International by a score of 9-0 on Friday, head coach Kathy LeSage informed her team that she was unsatisfied with their performance and was going to conduct a long, hard practice over the weekend. After momentarily letting those words hang in the ensuing silence, the coach proclaimed, "April Fools, I gotcha'."The team responded with laughter and relief. LeSage mixed up her lineup for the Golden State Athletic … [Read more...]
Westmont pulls out victory over Williams
Monday, March 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
Westmont men's tennis, the seventh ranked team in the NAIA, posted a 6-3 win over Williams (Mass.), the ninth ranked team in the NCAA Division III polls. Westmont improved to 6-5 with the victory.The Warriors took two out of three doubles matches from the Ephs. At No. 1, Westmont's Carlos Lima and Bryan Cox defeated Bryan Chow and Matt Micheli 8-2. Westmont also won on the No. 2 court where Lukas Zielen and Tim Görenson defeated Felix Sun and Richard Meyer by a score of 8-4.Williams … [Read more...]
Westmont takes two from The Master’s
Saturday, March 26, 2011 By 1 Comment
Westmont picked up two tennis wins on Saturday at the Abbott Tennis Courts.After completing a suspended match, Westmont and The Master's faced off again in a regularly scheduled appointment. With the wins, Westmont improves to 4-10 on the season and 4-6 in Golden State Athletic Conference play. The Master's falls to 4-10 overall and 2-8 in the GSAC standings. Westmont led 4-2 when the match was suspended by rain on February 19 at Cal State Northridge. The two teams decided to finish up … [Read more...]
Warriors give No. 1 Fresno a good fight
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
#1 Fresno Pacific 5, #7 Westmont 4Tuesday, March 22at WestmontSingles competition1. LIMA, Carlos (WC) def. CARVALHO, Cledson (FPU) 7-5, 7-52. SINITSYN, Kirill (FPU) def. COX, Bryan (WC) 6-2, 6-33. SMITH, Xavier (FPU) def. GORANSON, Tim (WC) 3-6, 6-0, 6-34. MARTINET, Nathan (FPU) def. HAYASHI, Tiago (WC) 6-1, 7-55. ZIELEN, Lukas (WC) def. SANCHEZ, Amarit (FPU) 6-3, 6-46. SANCHEZ-CANAMARES, J (FPU) def. GROTELUESCHEN, Seth (WC) 6-0, 6-0Doubles … [Read more...]
Westmont women edged by Mesa State
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 By 1 Comment
Playing in the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage during spring break, the Westmont women's tennis team was edged out by Mesa State of Colorado by a score of 5-4. The Warriors won three singles matches, but dropped two of the three doubles. At No. 1 singles, senior Ilissa Mathews cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Kelleen Sera while at number two, Tara Yekrang defeated Victoria Sargent 7-5, 6-2. The Warriors' Jenna Nelson earned the third singles win, defeating Kate Lowder 3-6, 6-4 … [Read more...]
No. 7 Warriors edge No. 9 Eagles
Saturday, March 12, 2011 By 1 Comment
Westmont's men's tennis team took a key Golden State Athletic Conference victory on Saturday, winning two-of-three doubles sets over Concordia to clinch a 5-4 decision at the Abbott Tennis Courts.The No. 7 Warriors even their GSAC record at 3-3 while the No. 9 Eagles fall to 2-4. Westmont moves into fourth place in the standings, two games behind fourth-ranked Azusa Pacific, which is 5-1 in GSAC play. Atop the standings is #1 Fresno Pacific at 5-0 with #6 Point Loma Nazarene in second … [Read more...]
