No. 8 Warrior netters fall to No. 6 Vanguard
In a match-up between top-ten teams, #8 Westmont Men’s Tennis fell 6-3 to sixth-ranked Vanguard at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center.
“Overall, it was a hard fought match,” said Westmont Head Coach Mark Basham. “We got off to a tough start by losing the first two doubles matches.”
Tiago Hayashi and Arthur Kalayjian picked up the Warriors [...]
D-III Vassar teaches Warriors a lesson
Westmont Women’s Tennis (3-6) hosted Vassar (N.Y.) (8-1) in a non-conference match on Wednesday at the Abbott Tennis Courts and lost to the NCAA Division III Brewers by a score of 8-1. The Warriors’ only win came at number one doubles where Ilissa Matthews and Cassie Strange earned an 8-4 victory over Nicole Pontee and [...]
Westmont singles strong in defeat of Mustangs
Westmont went 6-0 in singles and lost just one doubles set as the Warrior women’s tennis team improved to 3-4 with an 8-1 win over visiting The Master’s on Thursday. Each singles player swept, with Ilissa Matthews, Tara Yekrang and Hanna Day each managing to win one of their sets 6-0.
The only loss of the [...]
No chance for Hope against Warriors
Westmont Women’s Tennis, ranked at No. 17 in the NAIA Preseason Polls, earned its first win of the season with a 9-0 sweep of the Royals of Hope International. The Royals showed up for the match with only four players and were forced to forfeit one doubles match and two singles matches.
At number one doubles, [...]
Westmont dominates in 9-0 sweep
The Warriors gave up only one game as No. 16 Westmont Men’s Tennis produced a 9-0 sweep of the Royals of Hope International on Wednesday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts. The Warriors improved to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in Golden State Athletic Conference play while Hope fell to 0-3 overall and 0-2 in the [...]
No. 16 Warrior netters take down No. 7 Point Loma
Westmont Men’s Tennis served notice in its Golden State Athletic Conference opener by defeating #7 Point Loma Nazarene (0-1, 0-1 GSAC) by a score of 7-2 in San Diego. The sixteenth ranked Warriors won the top five singles matches and the top two doubles matches.
“It was an amazing effort and I couldn’t have been happier [...]
Flu-ridden Westmont women’s tennis falls
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 [...]
Banana Slugs bash Warriors, 8-1
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 [...]
Westmont spotless with SBCC
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 [...]
Warriors take on big guns at UCSB Classic
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 [...]