ORANGE, Calif. (Feb. 26, 2009) – This
afternoon the women's tennis team traveled to Chapman for a non
conference match up.
Pitting two of the top programs in the West Region, as #6 Chapman
would face off against the #15 Tigers. The Panthers got the best of
this one, sweeping Occidental to hand them there third straight
loss.
It was another tough outing for the Tigers,
as they fell in all three doubles matches, with Kris Subbiah and Jen Wahba pushing
the Chapman duo of Liz Lewis and Kelley Fox to the brink in an 8-6
loss.
Things didn't get any easier in the
singles portion of the match, as Chapman (2-1) rolled through,
eventually taking the match 9-0. Frances Hutton did lose a
close opening set 7-5, while Subbiah handled herself
well against Liz Lewis, the number two ranked singles player in the
West Region, falling 6-3, 6-4.
Next up for Occidental (1-3, 1-2 in SCIAC
play) is a SCIAC dual match with Whittier College. they will travel
to take on the Poets this Saturday, February 28th, with
first serve scheduled for 9:30am.
