Men's Tennis Comes Back to Beat Beavers
Men's tennis rallied from 2-1 down after doubles play, taking
five of six singles matches to win by a convincing 6-3 margin over
conference rival Caltech on April 6.
The win secured a sixth place regular season SCIAC finish for the
Poets. Sixth is where the Beavers finished a year ago.
Justin Delong '10 and Sean Robertson
'10 easily won their match at #1 doubles. DeLong
then went on to win at #1 singles in straight sets (6-4, 6-4),
while Robertson finished off his opponent in #2 singles in three
(4-6, 6-4, 4-2).
This is the first time Whittier men's tennis has finished out of
the cellar in nearly two decades. The Poets next host
#27th ranked Cal Lutheran Sat. at 9:30am..
Doubles:
#1 Robertson/DeLong (WC) def. Lazear/Tai (CIT) 8-1
#2 Chiu/Shadrin (CIT) def. Ainsworth/Benesch (WC) 8-5
#3 Narsimhan/Ram (CIT) def. Choi/Astbury (WC) 9-7
Singles:
#1 Justin DeLong (WC) def. T. Lazear (CIT) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Sean Robertson (WC) def. V. Narsimhan (CIT) 4-6, 6-4, 4-2
#3 R. Chiu (CIT) def. E. Ainsworth (WC) 6-3, 6-0
#4 Trey Astbury (WC) def. E. Tai (WC) 6-1, 6-2
#5 Danny Benesch (WC) def. R. Kandasang 6-4, 6-1
#6 Joseph Choi (WC) def. I. Shadin 6-2, 6-3
