NEWBERG (10-16) – The ITA/NCAA Division III #31 Banana Slugs played their first match of the 2018-19 season as they took on ITA/NCAA Division III #32 George Fox University in Newberg. The Bruins defeated the Banana Slugs 8-1.
The Banana Slugs finished the 2017-18 season with a 4-10 record which concluded in the NCAA Division III Men's Tennis Championships with a loss to Claremont Mudd Scripps while the Bruins finished their season with 13-5 record which was finished with a loss to Lewis & Clark College in the Northwest Conference semifinals.
The Bruins won all six singles matches and won two doubles matches while the Banana Slugs won one. In the #1 doubles match, Dugan and Chad Le Duff of UC Santa Cruz defeated Baker and Leach 8-5. In the #3 doubles match between Jackson and Floyd Penners of the Banana Slugs and Justin Barton and Alex Namba of the Bruins, Barton and Alex Namba defeated Jackson and Penners 8-2. The tightest doubles match was the #2 doubles match between Gee and Saxena of UC Santa Cruz and Payton Namba and Thierry Van Os of George Fox defeated Gee and Saxena 8-6.
Below are the full results:
#1 Singles Luke Lemaitre (GFU) def. Ryan Dugan (UCSC) 6-4, 6-1
#2 Singles Will Leach (GFU) def. David Jackson (UCSC) 6-0, 6-3
#3 Singles Keaten Baker (GFU) def. Ryan Gee (UCSC) 6-3, 6-2
#4 Singles Alex Namba (GFU) def. Matthew Kermin (UCSC) 6-0, 6-2
#5 Singles Payton Namba (GFU) def. Sarthak Saxena (UCSC) 6-2, 4-1 (Ret)
#6 Singles Pete Gibson (GFU) def. Yaroslav Yanin (UCSC) 6-3, 6-2
#1 Doubles Dugan/Le Duff (UCSC) def. Baker/Leach (GFU) 8-5
#2 Doubles P. Namba/Van Os (GFU) def. Gee/Saxena (UCSC) 8-6
#3 Doubles Barton/A. Namba (GFU) def. Jackson/Penner (UCSC) 8-2
The next match for the Banana Slugs will be tomorrow as they take on Pacific University in Forest Grove. First serve is set for 11 am.
