Panthers Knock Off Tigers
ORANGE, Calif. (April 3, 2009) – Instead of taking a day off during SCIAC play, the Tigers decided to continue their tough non conference schedule with a dual match against Chapman University. A bad start in the doubles portion dug Oxy to big a hole to come back from, although they played some gritty tennis in the singles matches, they came up short and fell to the Panthers by the score of 8-1.
Chapman opened up a quick 3-0 lead as they swept all three doubles matches by a combined score of 24-4. Then the Panthers made quick work of Oxy’s number one singles player, making it seem like it would be a quick day for the Tigers. But Oxy wasn’t done yet, as Chris Wan came back from an opening set loss to win the second set 7-6, before running out of steam and falling in three. Reid Fenning came out firing in the third position, taking the first set 6-3, before two untimely hitting errors cost him the second set. Fenning played tight in the third, and a late break was just enough for Chapman to squeeze out a 6-4 win in the third. Victor Sowers was able to break though and win easily over the number four singles player, to finally push a win through, although the Tigers had come close in the previous two matches.
Next up for Occidental (3-8, 1-4) will be the University of La Verne 2pm, on Saturday, April 4th, at Claremont Club.
Results:
Doubles
Yook / Isip (CU) d. Fenning / Wan (Oxy) 8-2
Nomi / Buttle (CU) d. Pastor / Morgan (Oxy) 8-1
Martin / Fong (CU) d. Sowers / Kuhn (Oxy) 8-1
Singles
Yook (CU) d. Kuhn (Oxy) 6-3, 6-0
Isip (CU) d. Wan (Oxy) 6-0, 6-7, 6-1
Buttle (CU) d. Fenning (Oxy) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Sowers (Oxy) d. Martin (CU) 6-4, 6-3
Nomi (CU) d. Pastor (Oxy) 6-4, 6-7, (10-5)
Klein (CU) d. May (Oxy) 6-1, 7-6
