MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – For the second day in a row, the Whitworth Pirates defeated the Linfield Wildcats for the second via a score of 5-4 at the Linfield Tennis Center.
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This match does not affect the Northwest Conference standings. To get the Pirates back on the road earlier, the two teams agreed to play one set to six in doubles and a pro-set to eight in singles. Linfield is now 0-3 overall and Whitworth is 2-6.
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DOUBLES
Linfield's
Cameron Ventura and
Michael Manion remained undefeated this weekend, they downed Ethan Violette and Norris Kincaid at No. 1 doubles, 6-3.
Will Worth and
Ethan Myers also won their match, defeating Brenden Archer and Nathan Tjelli, 6-0 at second doubles.
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The Pirates got their only point in doubles at third doubles, Cameron Brewer and Jonathan Hutley downed
Blake Fuentes Gilbert and
Josef Shum, 6-1 at third singles. Second doubles were the first to finish, followed by first. Third doubles were the last to finish.
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SINGLES
Fuentes Gilbert was victorious in his match over Brewer, 8-4 at No. 1 singles.
Isaac Milner, in his first career match, defeated Alex D'Agostino, 8-6 at sixth singles. The Pirates took the other four singles matches.
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At No. 2 singles, Norris came out with an 8-1 win over Manion. Ventura lost 8-3 to Hutley at third singles. Tjelli downed Shum at fourth singles, 8-2.
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The match win for the Pirates was clinched at fifth singles in a tiebreaker. Ethan Warring won 8-7 over Ethan Meyers, tiebreaker score was 7-4 in favor of Warring.
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UP NEXT
The Wildcats continue conference play with two matches on the road. Linfield is at Willamette on March 13 and at Whitman on March 20.
