Women's Tennis

Dean Falls to Whitworth's Liening in Close Match at #1 Singles

Willamette

Whitworth

Doubles

Liening, Avery / Kert, Aleah (WHTW)
def. Dean, Sarah / Ginsburg, Siena (WU)

8-0

Plank, Hannah / Ikeda, Lauren (WHTW)
def. Oberg, Alyssa / Lieske, Paisley (WU)

8-1

Locati, Kyndal / Lakerveld, Froukje (WHTW)
def. Gibney, Camille / Thompson, Ruby (WU)

8-1

Singles

Liening, Avery (WHTW)
def. Dean, Sarah (WU)

7-5, 6-4

Kert, Aleah (WHTW)
def. Ginsburg, Siena (WU)

6-1, 6-0

Plank, Hannah (WHTW)
def. Oberg, Alyssa (WU)

6-0, 6-0

Ikeda, Lauren (WHTW)
def. Lieske, Paisley (WU)

6-0, 6-0

Locati, Kyndal (WHTW)
def. Gibney, Camille (WU)

6-1, 6-0

Lakerveld, Froukje (WHTW)
def. Thompson, Ruby (WU)

6-0, 6-0

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Sarah Dean (Sr., Boise, ID/Timberline HS)

Posted: May 01, 2021

By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

SPOKANE, Wash. -- Sarah Dean (Sr., Boise, ID/Timberline HS) of Willamette University dropped a close match to Avery Liening of Whitworth University on Saturday, May 1 during a Northwest Conference match at the Scotford Tennis Center. Liening held off Dean in the competitive top pairing, 7-5, 6-4.

The Pirates defeated the Bearcats, 9-0, to improve to 9-5 on the season, 6-2 in the NWC. Willamette fell to 0-9 overall, 1-7 in the NWC.

Also winning in singles for Whitworth were Aleah Kert at #2, Hannah Plank at #3. Lauren Ikeda at #4, Kyndal Locati at #5, and Froukje Lakerveld at #6.

In the top doubles match, Liening and Kert downed Dean and Siena Ginsburg, 8-0.

The teams will play again on Sunday in a non-conference game at the Scotford Tennis Center.