Men's Tennis Swept by Cal Lu, SCIAC Tourney April 18-19

In their last regular season match of the year, the Poets lost to California Lutheran 9-0 and finish 8-10 going into the SCIAC Tournament.

"This match was a little disappointing coming off the near upset against Oxy, who is ranked higher than Cal Lu," said Coach Bojalad, "It is just a completely different match-up for us. Cal Lu plays more of a power game, finishing off points at the net whereas, Oxy plays more like us. We need some players next year to combat this by playing aggressive themselves."

Sean Robertson ‘10 again almost pulled off the upset against an all-conference caliber player Forrest Hunt, winning the first set 7-6, before dropping the second and a super tie-breaker in the third.

Mike Gennette, Cal Lutheran's head coach of nearly 16 years and considered one of the top tennis professional in So Cal., was quoted as saying, "If Sean plays his cards right, he could be one of the top players in the conference in the next couple of years.

Bojalad agrees but believes to do so, it will require extensive on-court training in the off-season.

The men have the SCIAC Championships in Claremont, Calif., all day April 18 and 19.

Doubles: 

1. Wetterholm/Hunt (CLU) def. DeLong/Robertson (WC) 8-5
2. Lassila/Karsant (CLU) def. Franey/Wyatt (WC) 8-4
3. Culpepper/Schijf (CLU) def. Minaev/Johnson (WC) 8-3

Singles: 

1. Paul Wetterholm (CLU) def. Ted Wyatt (WC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Ryan Lassila (CLU) def. Justin DeLong (WC) 6-1, 6-2
3. Forrest Hunt (CLU) def. Sean Robertson (WC) 6-7(6), 6-2, (10-4)
4. Joe Lonergan (CLU) def. Lance Franey (WC) 6-2, 6-2
5. Ryan Mattila (CLU) def. Denis Minaev (WC) 6-1, 6-4
6. Jordan Culpepper (CLU) def. Ryan Johnson (WC) 6-2, 6-4