Whitties start the season 1-1

Jan 282009
 

The Whitties opened their schedule on Saturday with a double header vs NAIA power Lewis-Clark State College and DI Idaho. Our recent matches against LCSC have been competitive. In fact last year we lost a heartbreak 5-4 to the Warriors. This year we were able to turn the tables with a narrow 5-4 win.

In doubles the #2 team of Christoph Fuchs and Quin Miller powered to a quick 8-0. At #3 Dan Wilson and Justin Hayashi posted a solid 8-2 victory. We couldn’t compete the doubles sweep as Etienne Moshevich and Nadeem Kassam lost 8-3.

In singles I was very proud of hard the guys competed. Most of the matches could of gone either way and we were able to win 2 of the matches in 3 sets. Perhaps the most gratifying match of the day was Etienne’s 3 set win at #1 singles to clinch the team victory. Last year at this same time ET suffered a major shoulder injury that forced him out of tennis for the rest of the year. He has worked incredibly hard on his shoulder rehabilitation and is playing/competing incredibly hard.

Match results
Doubles
#1 Moshevich/Kassam lost Dufour/Berhane 8-3
#2 Miller/Fuchs def Mermut/Stone 8-0
#3 Hayashi/Wilson def Chong/Nibley 8-2
Singles
#1 Moshevich def Dufour 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
#2 Bailey lost Berhane 6-4, 7-6
#3 Wilson def Stone 6-2, 7-6
#4 Hayashi def Mermut 6-4, 1-6, 4-4 ret injury
#5 Kassam lost Chong 7-5, 6-2
#6 Cappel lost Nibley 6-3, 1-6, 10-8

Immediately following the LCSC match we took to the courts to play a very tough Idaho team. Being DI, Idaho is able to offer athletic scholarships and fields a team with a very international flavor. Also 3 of their players have earned ATP points.

Because we were playing back-to-back matches I rotated the line-up to keep people fresh and to give more players match opportunities. Even though we got swept 7-0 (DI scoring) highlights of the day were Christoph’s and Adriel’s singles matches. Both matches were close 3 set affairs that could of gone either way.

Match results
Doubles
#1 Miller/Fuchs lost Kuzntsov/Joitoiv 8-5
#2 Kassam/Cappel lost Huynh/Chalkley 8-2
#3 Bailey/Borshansky lost Shin/Glukhov 8-2

Singles
#1 Bailey lost Joitoiv 6-4, 6-1
#2 Wilson lost Glukhov 6-1, 6-1
#3 Fuchs lost Huynh 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
#4 Miller lost Chalkley 6-2, 6-0
#5 Follows lost Shin 6-0, 6-3
#6 Borshansky lost McDonald 3-6, 7-5, 10-6

Boise State Results

Sep 292008
 

OK I’m a bit behind with this post but two weekends ago 4 brave Whitties travel to Boise to participant in the Bronco Fall Tournament. This is mostly a DI tournament with some open players. In fact we were the only non-scholarship school at the tournament. I wasn’t at the tournament but the guys all mentioned they loved playing the tournament and thought the played well.

Chris Bailey had a rough first match losing to Boise State sophomore Stefan Simikic 6-1, 6-1. Stefan was one of the top Southern CA junior players and was a HS All-American before arriving at Boise State.

Etienne Moshevich is still nursing a sore shoulder that kept him out last Spring. In his first match he defeated Brandon Nielsen of Utah State 6-4, 6-0. In the second round he lost a tough 6-3, 6-3 match to the #10 seed Jakub Asplund (#1 for Utah State). ET says he played a great match and had several break opportunities in each set. Jakub ended up making the semi’s before losing to Idaho’s #1 player in 3 long sets.

Nadeem Kassam won his first match 6-3, 6-2 against Paulo Miranda. Paulo was recently a standout tennis player at Idaho. Nadeem then lost a tight 6-3, 6-4 match to the #5 seed Hodel of Boise State.

Matt Solomon opened a few eyes with his strong play. In the first round he defeated Micheal Banks of Utah State 6-4, 6-3. In the round of 32 Matt pulled off one of the big upsets of the tournament knocking off the #8 seed Blaine Shields of BSU 7-5, 6-2. Blaine played 3 years of tennis at Santa Clara before transferring to BSU. This year he is expected to play in the Bronco top 6. In the round of 16 Matt continued his winning ways defeating the #13 seed P. Turzanski (#1 from Montana State). In the QTRS Matt’s Cinderella story came to a close as he lost 6-3, 6-1 to the #2 seed (and eventual champion) Keen Feeder of Boise State.