New Titans tennis club competes in Showdown
LCC finishes 12th place amid heavy competition
Issue date: 5/21/09 Section: Sports
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The only community college at the tournament, the Titans competed against the top club tennis teams in the Northwest, going head to head against the University of Washington, Western Washington, Portland State, Linfield, Oregon State and Oregon among others.
The tournament was played in the World Team Tennis format. There were five sets played in each match-up: men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles.
"I was pleasantly surprised with everyone's effort. I felt we grew as a team as the weekend went on," Head Coach Brian Stamme said.
In the first match, LCC took on the eventual champion, University of Oregon.
LCC lost 30-5 against UO, but picked up three of those games in the mixed doubles where UO edged LCC's Mike Kingsley and Brenna Bell 6-3.
"Mike and Brenna played very well against very good teams. But [UO was] just a little too tough for us," Stamme said.
LCC then took on Linfield College of McMinville, Ore.
Kingsley and Bell led the way for the Titans again, as the pair won the mixed doubles match 6-2. Kingsley also won the men's singles match 6-1.
In the end LCC came up short, losing to Linfield 22-20.
Stamme said he was "very surprised with how well we played in that. It came right down to the end. Went into one game of overtime of mixed doubles and we lost on serve, which was a little heartbreaking. Both players were definitely upset."
Lany Clarksen and Andrea Baker competed well in the women's doubles before dropping a 6-4 decision.
The Titans kicked off day two of the tournament against University of Washington. Playing without Kingsley, LCC competed hard but was outplayed by a better UW team.
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