Tigers triumph over Leopards, 7-2
Campus Times
February 7, 1997
Junior transfer Tracy Huigens started for the women's tennis team for
the first time this season and finished Saturday's individual match against
Azusa Pacific with a score of 6-4, 7-6. The team finished the match in a
loss of 7-2.
With a new coach and a crop of new, young players, the women's tennis
team is looking forward to a season that will bring it closer as a team
and make the program stronger.
"We're just taking it one match at a time," said sophomore
Tracy MacArthur.
Returning this year are MacArthur and seniors Tiffany Hall and Catherine
Padilla. Playing for the first time are sophomore Pauline Duran and juniors
Emily Judd, Tracy Huigens and Sandy Thay.
The team has set one main goal for itself this season.
"We're shooting for fourth place in the conference," said
head coach Erin Hendricks. This is Hendricks' first year as coach for La
Verne.
Last Saturday, the team took on Azusa Pacific and lost, 7-2. Hall defeated
Tressa Nordin (6-4, 6-2) and Huigens defeated Marie Torres (6-4, 7-6). MacArthur
lost to Michelle Solt (6-3, 6-1), Padilla lost to Izzy Bolles (4-6, 6-0,
6-1), Judd lost to Lisa Andres (6-3, 6-2) and Duran lost to Rosalyn Rodriguez
(6-2, 6-0).
In the doubles matches Hall/Judd lost to Tressa Nordin/Carrie Nordin
(6-2, 6-0), MacArthur/Padilla lost to Joy/Hartley (7-6, 6-2) and Huigens/Duran
lost to Kristen Barne/Jeanee Corum (6-0, 6-0).
"We lost all three doubles matches with Azusa, so we're going to
work on that," said Hendricks on the team's match against the Cal Lutheran
Regals at 2 p.m. today.
"We're going to try and put it all together this week," she
said earlier in the week.
The Leopards started their season Jan. 28 against Southern California
College and lost, 9-0. Their first match against Caltech on Jan. 25 was
rained out.
The team finished their season in seventh place in the Southern California
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) last year.
"The thing that affected us most this year is a new coach and more
players," said MacArthur.
With only three returners, the team is rebuilding. "They're getting
a lot of instruction and they're doing well," said Hendricks.