The Westmont Women’s Tennis team was forced to play its second game of the season one player short because of the flu making its way through the roster. As a consequence, the Warriors spotted the Regals of California Lutheran two points and fell by a score of 8-1.In doubles play, Sarah Louie and Sarah Chhum fell to Jordan Leckness and Holly Beaman by a score of 8-2, playing on the number two court. At number one, Cassie Strange and Illissa Mathews forced the match to a tiebreaker, but fell … [Read more...]
Banana Slugs bash Warriors, 8-1
Sunday, February 7, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Westmont Men’s Tennis started the year with a road trip to UC Santa Cruz but fell to the Banana Slugs 8-1. The Warriors played without Carlos Lima who was ineligible for the first match of the year.The Warriors dropped all three doubles matches, though Diego Almeida and Aaron Cooke went to a tiebreaker before falling 9-8 (6) to Erich Koeign and Ian Stanley at number two. Bryan Cox and Mattias Neuman lost 8-5 at number one doubles to Brian Pybas and Marc Vartabedian. On the number three … [Read more...]
Westmont spotless with SBCC
Thursday, February 4, 2010 By
Westmont College won 13 of 15 sets on Thursday at the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club in a 9-0 men's tennis victory over SBCC.Nikolay Ivanove, the Vaqueros' No. 1 player, and No. 6 Cameron Deargon each won a set against the four-year school that competes in the NAIA. Ivanove fell 5-7, 6-4 (10-4) to Carlos Lima while Deargon lost 6-3, 2-6 (10-4) to Aaron Cooke. A 10-point tiebreaker was used instead of a third set.The Vaqueros (0-3) return to action on Thursday with a 2 p.m. home … [Read more...]
Warriors take on big guns at UCSB Classic
Saturday, November 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Westmont Men's Tennis took advantage of an opportunity to go head-to-head with strong opponents by competing in the UCSB Classic. The flighted event, which matched Warriors against players from NCAA Division I UCSB and Loyola Marymount, does not count as part of the team's win-loss record.Sophomore Bryan Cox had the Warriors only win, defeating Aris Andreasian of Loyola Marymount 7-6 (2), 6-0 on the second day of the two-day event."Bryan was our player of the day," said Westmont Head … [Read more...]
Basham takes over Westmont tennis program
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Westmont Athletic Director Dave Odell has announced the hiring of Santa Barbara resident Mark Basham as Director of Tennis and head coach of men's tennis."I’m very excited about the formidable experience and many gifts that Mark brings to our tennis program," said Odell. "A former ATP tour player, All-American at UCLA and key member of UCLA’s national championship teams, he has competed at the highest levels of both singles and doubles and certainly understands what it takes to become a … [Read more...]
Short-handed Warriors overrun by Tigers
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Playing without their number one or two singles players who were out with the flu, Westmont women's tennis (4-6) suffered a 6-3 loss to the Tigers of Occidental (3-7) on Tuesday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts.In doubles action, Kristen Lee and Christina Klein teamed up for an 8-2 win on the number one court over Krishnaveni Subbiah and Jennifer Wahba … [Read more...]
Westmont women clawed by No. 3 Cougars, 8-1
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Westmont Women's Tennis (1-4, 0-4 GSAC) suffered an 8-1 loss to Azusa Pacific (4-0, 4-0 GSAC) on Tuesday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts on the Montecito campus. "Overall, I was pleased," said head coach Kathy LeSage about her team's performance against the third ranked team in the NAIA. "I thought we came out and fought hard. Overall, I thought we played the first sets tough. I was a little disappointed that the score indicated that we didn't try as hard in some of the second … [Read more...]
Westmont netters lose heartbreaker to No. 5 APU
Wednesday, February 25, 2009 By 1 Comment
It was a dramatic afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts as the #25 Warriors of Westmont took on #5 Azusa Pacific. After being swept by the Cougars in doubles play, the Warriors made a valiant effort to try and win five of six singles matches and claim the victory. In the end, Azusa Pacific (3-1, 2-1 GSAC) prevailed 7-2 over Westmont (1-6, 0-4 GSAC).In doubles action, the Cougars' Matthijs Bolsius and Mathias Weber defeated Mattias Neuman and Bryan Cox 8-3 at number one. On the number … [Read more...]
Warriors can’t break through in GSAC
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Nineteenth ranked Westmont women's tennis traveled to Fullerton on Wednesday to make up for a rainout on Tuesday against Hope International (3-1, 1-1 GSAC). The postponement did not seem to help the Warriors who fell to the Royals by a score of 5-4 in the Golden State Athletic Conference match.Westmont (1-2, 0-2 GSAC) led 2-1 after doubles play but could not turn their advantage into a victory. Seniors Kristen Lee and Christina Klein earned an 8-4 victory at number two doubles over Hope's … [Read more...]
No. 12 Point Loma escapes Westmont in GSAC opener
Thursday, February 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment
No. 12 Point Loma Nazarene paid a visit to the Abbott Tennis Courts to take on the Warriors of Westmont on Thursday afternoon and left with a narrow 5-4 victory."It is always tough to walk away from a 5-4 loss," said head coach Chris Elwood, "particularly with national rankings at stake. It felt like we are playing on one leg. We've got three sprained ankles on the court and today an unfortunate knee injury to Diego which forced him to default. And still we had a chance at this match. I have … [Read more...]
Cal Lutheran tops Warrior netters
Saturday, January 31, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Westmont men's tennis suffered a 6-3 loss at California Lutheran (1-0) on Saturday morning bringing their season record to 1-1. After winning his doubles match with partner Bryan Cox, Westmont's Mattias Neuman was forced to withdraw from the number one singles match due to illness. Neuman and Cox defeated the Kingsmen's Paul Wetterholm and Forrest Hunt by a score of 8-4 at No. 1 doubles. … [Read more...]
Clouds break just in time for Warrior rout
Saturday, January 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A break in the rainy weather allowed Westmont men's tennis to open the 2009 season with a 9-0 sweep of the La Verne Leopards (0-1) on Saturday at the Abbott Tennis Courts."It was a good season opener and I'm really glad were able to get this match in despite the weather conditions," said Westmont head coach Chris Elwood. "With two days of no practice, this is a great way for my team to prep up for next week and a tough Cal Lutheran team next Saturday."Because of the threat of more rain, … [Read more...]
