2008 Woodie Awards
Webster falls to Principia, 7-2
WOMEN'S TENNIS
By: Amy Swanson
Issue date: 4/6/06 Section: Sports
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The women's tennis team suffered a pair of hard losses on the road last week.
The Gorloks faced off with powerhouse Principia College March 28 and came home with a 7-2 loss.
Coach Mike Siener said the team wasn't discouraged by its loss to Principia because the day could have gone in anyone's favor.
"I thought we were pretty competitive with them, but they were obviously better than us that day," Siener said. "I think on another day, who knows."
Freshman Raquel Rothermel was the only winner of the singles competition beating Principia's Elise Epperson in two sets 6-2, 6-2. And seniors Liz Grach and Sarah Truckey won their doubles match 8-3.
"I don't think we were blown away by how good they were, so I think our girls are still confident we can play with them," Siener said. "I think they realize that if we get better these next three weeks then we've got a shot at them."
Webster hopes to face Principia again at the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament April 21.
Sophomore Laila Wessel said now the team knows what to
expect from Principia during their next match-up.
"Now we've seen what they can do and we know what we can do, we have a good chance of winning those matches," Wessel said. "I would rather play a team like that than a team that is easy to wipe off the board because that gives you more of a mental exercise and helps improve your game even better."
In their only non-conference match-up this season, the women lost 4-5 to Rend Lake Community College April 1.
Siener said that after the singles matches, Webster was up 4-2. Midway through all three doubles matches the women struggled.
"I was disappointed and I'm sure the girls were disappointed as well," Siener said. "I thought we had that match."
Despite the loss, senior Liz Grach said the team was happy to get experience outside SLIAC competition.
"We should've won, but it was more about having fun, getting the experience and having more match time," Grach said.
Grach said Rend Lake's coach requested the singles matches be played before the doubles, which may have been a factor in
the loss.
"That threw us off a little," Grach said. "We are used to playing doubles first so we were drained from our singles matches."
The Gorloks faced off with powerhouse Principia College March 28 and came home with a 7-2 loss.
Coach Mike Siener said the team wasn't discouraged by its loss to Principia because the day could have gone in anyone's favor.
"I thought we were pretty competitive with them, but they were obviously better than us that day," Siener said. "I think on another day, who knows."
Freshman Raquel Rothermel was the only winner of the singles competition beating Principia's Elise Epperson in two sets 6-2, 6-2. And seniors Liz Grach and Sarah Truckey won their doubles match 8-3.
"I don't think we were blown away by how good they were, so I think our girls are still confident we can play with them," Siener said. "I think they realize that if we get better these next three weeks then we've got a shot at them."
Webster hopes to face Principia again at the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference tournament April 21.
Sophomore Laila Wessel said now the team knows what to
expect from Principia during their next match-up.
"Now we've seen what they can do and we know what we can do, we have a good chance of winning those matches," Wessel said. "I would rather play a team like that than a team that is easy to wipe off the board because that gives you more of a mental exercise and helps improve your game even better."
In their only non-conference match-up this season, the women lost 4-5 to Rend Lake Community College April 1.
Siener said that after the singles matches, Webster was up 4-2. Midway through all three doubles matches the women struggled.
"I was disappointed and I'm sure the girls were disappointed as well," Siener said. "I thought we had that match."
Despite the loss, senior Liz Grach said the team was happy to get experience outside SLIAC competition.
"We should've won, but it was more about having fun, getting the experience and having more match time," Grach said.
Grach said Rend Lake's coach requested the singles matches be played before the doubles, which may have been a factor in
the loss.
"That threw us off a little," Grach said. "We are used to playing doubles first so we were drained from our singles matches."