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...]
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...]
Warriors travel to Alabama for NAIA tennis championships
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
Head coach Mark Basham will take his eighth-ranked Westmont men's tennis team (11-9) to Mobile, Alabama for the third time in as many years. In Mobile, the Warriors will participate in the 61st NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship as the tournament's number eight seed.Westmont received a first round bye and is scheduled to open play in the second round on Wednesday, May 16 at 1:00 p.m. (CDT). The Warriors will take on the winner of Tuesday's match between number nine seed William Carey … [Read more...]
Westmont’s Goranson, Bertram stopped in Ojai final
Sunday, April 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tim Goranson and John Bertram had a deep run in the men's independent college doubles division of the 112th Ojai Valley Tournament but fell just short of winning the championship.After defeating the number one and three seeds earlier in the tournament, the Westmont duo lost to second-seeded Gernot Hageman and Bruno Santarelli of Concordia in the championship match. Concordia eked out a 7-6 (3) win in the first set then took the second set 6-2.On Friday, Goranson and Bertram defeated … [Read more...]
Warriors advance in Ojai Valley Tournament
Friday, April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Westmont Men's Tennis began competition in the 112th Ojai Valley Tournament on Friday in both singles and doubles competition.Bryan Cox won his first two singles matches to advance to the quarterfinals tomorrow morning. In his first match, Cox, who is seeded at number four, cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Jonathan Pollare of Whittier in the Round of 32. Cox then defeated David Hutton of CSU Sonoma 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 in the Round of 16.Tomorrow, Cox will take on Nathan Martinet of Fresno … [Read more...]
Warriors 1-1 on Week
Thursday, April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Eighth-ranked Westmont Men's Tennis suffered a 6-3 loss to #9 Xavier (La.) on Tuesday but rebounded on Thursday with a 7-2 Golden State Athletic Conference win over Hope International. The Warriors (8-7 4-5 GSAC), are currently in sixth-place in the GSAC standings - a conference that features six of the top ten teams in the NAIA.Against Xavier, the Warriors dropped the first three singles matches along with number five. Westmont's Lukas Zielen, playing at number four, ground out a 5-7, 6-4, … [Read more...]
Westmont squeaks past Point Loma
Saturday, March 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In a match between top-10 men's tennis teams in the NAIA, sixth-ranked Westmont edged No. 7 Point Loma, 5-4, on Saturday.Bryan Cox and Rodrigo Schaefer both won singles matches and combined to win at No. 1 doubles. John Bertram got a win at No. 4 singles and the No. 3 doubles team of Lukas Zielen and Joshua Barnard pulled off a victory to help the Warriors (3-3, 2-2 in the GSAC) even their records.In the women's match, Tara Yekrang and Alyson Meyer won matches for Westmont in a 7-2 … [Read more...]
Fresno Pacific disposes of Warriors
Saturday, February 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Top-ranked Fresno Pacific swept six singles matches on Saturday to bring down Westmont's men's tennis team 7-2 in a Golden State Athletic Conference match.The Warriors, themselves ranked No. 6 in the NAIA, won two doubles points. Bryan Cox and Rodrigo Schaefer combined to win 9-7. Nicholas Szyndlar and Josh Barnard teamed to win their doubles match in a tiebreaker 9-8(7-1).It was the conference opener for both teams. FRESNO PACIFIC 7, WESTMONT 2Singles1. SMITH, Xavier (FPU) def. … [Read more...]
Oceanside Tennis Academy to host HEAD Tennis Day Nov. 19
Tuesday, November 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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...]
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...]
