3/15 - WILLAMETTE 8, GEORGE FOX 1: Bearcats Bounce Bruins in Makeup of Rained-Out Match
NEWBERG, Ore. - Making up a contest that had been rained out six days earlier, the Willamette University Bearcats posted an 8-1 victory over the George Fox University Bruins in a Northwest Conference men's tennis match Thursday afternoon here at the GFU campus courts.
The Bearcats opened the match with a sweep of the doubles as Shaun Mihalick and Eric MacMillan downed the Bruins' Kyle Pearson and Ralf Schulz 8-4 at #1, Donovan LeDoux and Ethan Heinrich defeated Jordon Vargas and Nick Jenness 8-6 at #2, and Micah Mack and Geoff Klein dropped Mac Ovenell and Shawn McKenzie 8-2 at #3.
In singles, the Bruins' only win of the match came at #5, where Vargas pulled out a dramatic 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, (10-8) decision over Heinrich. Willamette took the rest of the singles, with LeDoux over Pearson 6-4, 3-6, (10-6) at #1, MacMillan over Ovenell 6-1, 6-1 at #2, Fitz Paccione over Jenness 6-1, 6-1 at #3, Mihalick over Schulz 7-5, 6-3 at #4, and Mack over Leon Rubalcava 6-1, 6-4 at #6.
George Fox (2-6, NWC 2-6) plays twice Saturday, hosting Treasure Valley Community College at 10 a.m. and the University of Puget Sound at 2:30 p.m. The TVCC match will not count on the Bruins' record. The Puget Sound match was originally scheduled for Friday but has been pushed back a day. Willamette (4-7, NWC 4-6) also plays Saturday, hosting Linfield College at 10 a.m.
Willamette 8, at George Fox 1 - Thursday, March 15, 2007, at Newberg, Ore.
Singles
#1 - Donovan LeDoux (W) d. Kyle Pearson (GF) 6-4, 3-6, (10-6)
#2 - Eric MacMillan (W) d. Mac Ovenell (GF) 6-1, 6-1
#3 - Fitz Paccione (W) d. Nick Jenness (GF) 6-1, 6-1
#4 - Shaun Mihalick (W) d. Ralf Schulz (GF) 7-5, 6-3
#5 - Jordon Vargas (GF) d. Ethan Heinrich (W) 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, (10-8)
#6 - Micah Mack (W) d. Shawn McKenzie (GF) d. 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
#1 - Mihalick/MacMillan (W) d. Pearson/Schulz (GF) 8-4
#2 - LeDoux/Heinrich (W) d. Vargas/Jenness (GF) 8-6
#3 - Mack/Geoff Klein (W) d. Ovenell/McKenzie (GF) d. 8-2
Records: George Fox (2-6, NWC 2-6), Willamette (4-7, NWC 4-6)