WALLA WALLA, Wash. – On a day you could not ask for much better weather, Whitman College hosted both Lewis and Clark State College and Whitworth University in men's tennis action. The Whits squared off against Lewis and Clark State in the day's first match. Whitman collected a win against the Warriors 5-4, before handling the Pirates 7-2 in Northwest Conference play.
 
In its match against LCSC, Whitman swept doubles play 3-0. Robert Carter and Jake Hoeger played to an 8-3 victory at number one, Petar Jivkov and Phillip Locklear won 8-3 at number two and Gary Ho and Adam Rapoport registered a win at number three, 8-6.
 
In singles play, Lewis and Clark State took matches at numbers one and two. Ho dropped a close one in the one-spot. After taking the first set, he was unable to finish off the match, falling 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (13-11). Jivkov lost a close battle at number two in similar fashion, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8).
 
The other two losses to the Warriors came at numbers four and five where Alex Noyes and Trevor Fennessy came up short end of 6-1, 6-2 and 6-0, 6-2 matches, respectively. The bright spot of singles came in the form of Rapoport and Nishaant Limaye who both took wins. Rapoport, who played at number three came away with a 6-3, 6-4 win, while Limaye battled to a close, 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (10-5) victory.
 
The late match against NWC foe, Whitworth was not as close as the early match. The Whits were on point for a good part of the afternoon. After falling 2-1 in doubles play, Whitman had to be spectacular during singles. And they were.
 
Hoeger and Carter were the lone Whitman doubles team to collect a win over the Pirates, as the Locklear-Jivkov duo along with the Rapoport-Noyes team both dropped matches 9-8. In the end it did not matter anyways as the Whits swept singles 6-0 en route to its ninth NWC win of the season.
 
Locklear, who played at number one concluded his day with a 6-1, 6-2 win, while Ho played to a much closer 7-6, 6-2 victory. Jivkov's 6-1, 6-2 win put him back on track after a rough day on the court and Rapoport collected a 6-3, 6-3 win at number four.
 
Carter and Limaye who played at five and six, both won in dominant fashion. Carter finished up the afternoon with a 6-2, 6-0 rout, while Limaye collected his second singles swin of the day in a 6-2, 6-2 match.
 
When the dust settled it was Whitman who was left standing against both the Warriors and the Pirates. The Whits will now enjoy a much-deserved week rest before they are back at it again on April 16.