2009-10 Women's Tennis News
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. -- Julia Browne of Tufts University (Mass.), the #3 seed in the NCAA Division III Singles Championship defeated Natalia Agarycheva (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) in the first round, 6-1, 6-1, on Friday, May 28 at the Battleground Tennis Complex. Browne also won in the second round, as he downed Courtney Chin of Carnegie-Mellon University (Pa.), 6-4, 6-1, to advance to the quarterfinals.
SALEM, ORE. -- Natalia Agarycheva (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) from the Willamette University women's tennis team has been chosen by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association as the NCAA Division III West Region Player to Watch during the 2010-11 season, based on voting by the Region's head coaches. Agarycheva, who will compete in the first round of the NCAA Division III Singles Championship on Friday, May 28 in Fredericksburg, Va., is 20-3 in singles this spring.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. -- Willamette University women's tennis player Natalia Agarycheva (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) will take on the #3 seed, Julia Browne of Tufts University (Mass.), in the first round of the NCAA Division III Singles Championship on Friday, May 28 at the Battleground Tennis Complex. Pairings for the singles bracket were released on Thursday, with Liz Lewis from Chapman University (Calif.) receiving the #1 seed.
SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University tennis player Natalia Agarycheva (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) has been selected as one of 32 student-athletes who will compete in the singles bracket at the 2010 NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships. Agarycheva and the other participants will travel to Fredericksburg, Va., where the matches will be played at the Battleground Tennis Complex on May 28-30.
OJAI, CALIF. -- Sheryl Bon of Azusa Pacific University, seeded #7, defeated Natalia Agarycheva (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) of Willamette University in the Round of 16 in the Women's Independent Singles bracket at the Ojai Valley Tournament on Friday, April 23. Bon won the first set versus Agarycheva, 6-3, and took the second set, 6-2.
OJAI, CALIF. -- Natalia Agarycheva (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) of Willamette University won two singles matches at the Ojai Valley Tournament to advance to the Round of 16 in the Women's Independent Singles bracket on Thursday, April 22. Agarycheva swept through her first match, but had to rally against #12 seed Ashley Litchfield of Point Loma Nazarene University in the second round.
SALEM, ORE. -- Junior women's tennis player Natalia Agarycheva (Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado), ranked #8 in the NCAA Division III West Region in singles, will compete at the highly regarded Ojai Valley Tournament in Ojai, Calif., this week. Agarycheva is 18-2 in singles matches this season.
YAKIMA, WASH. -- Natalia Agarycheva (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) of Willamette University has been selected Northwest Conference Player of the Year for 2009-10 in women's tennis. Agarycheva also was one of eight athletes named First Team All-NWC in voting by the league's head coaches.
YAKIMA, WASH. -- Willamette University defeated to Pacific University, 5-2, in the 5th place match of the Northwest Conference Women's Tennis Tournament on Friday, April 16 at the Yakima Tennis Club. Willamette concluded its dual match season with a 12-9 overall record. Pacific ended the year at 6-14 overall.
YAKIMA, WASH. -- Willamette University lost to Lewis & Clark College, 5-4, in the first round of the Northwest Conference Women's Tennis Tournament on Friday, April 16 at the Yakima Tennis Club. Willamette will play Pacific University in the fifth place match on Friday at 3:30 p.m. (PDT). Whitman College shut out Pacific, 5-0, in the other first round match.
SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University junior Natalia Agarycheva (Vancouver, WA/Prairie HS/U. of Northern Colorado) is ranked #8 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings for the West Region of NCAA Division III. Agarycheva has earned an overall record of 16-2 at #1 singles this spring, including a 14-1 mark against Northwest Conference competition.
WALLA WALLA, WASH. -- Whitman College defeated Willamette University, 7-2, on Sunday, April 11 in Northwest Conference women's tennis action. It was the final regular season match of the year for the Bearcats, who will continue with postseason play at the NWC Tournament, April 16-17 in Yakima, Wash.
SPOKANE, WASH. -- The Willamette University women's tennis team lead by one point after doubles play but eventually fell to the host Whitworth Pirates, 6-3, on Saturday, April 10. Whitworth clinched their second straight outright Northwest Conference Championship with the victory.
SALEM, ORE. -- When it looked like Willamette University might lose to Lewis & Clark College in Northwest Conference women's tennis action on Sunday, April 4, the Bearcats stepped up their efforts to win the last four matches in a 6-3 victory. The win at the Courthouse Tennis Club improved Willamette to 11-6 overall, 10-4 in the NWC, while L&C dropped to 9-11 overall, 9-5 in the NWC.
SALEM, ORE. -- Willamette University blanked visiting Pacific Lutheran University, 9-0, in the Northwest Conference women's tennis match on Saturday, April 3 at the Courthouse Tennis Club. WU is now 10-6 overall, 9-4 in the Northwest Conference. Pacific Lutheran is 3-13 on the season, 3-11 in the NWC.
SALEM, ORE. -- The Willamette University tennis match against Lewis & Clark College, originally scheduled for Wednesday, March 31, has been changed to Sunday, April 4 due to the weather and the availability of indoor courts. The Bearcats and the Pioneers will compete at the Courthouse Tennis Club (1379 Madison NE) on Sunday, starting at 10 a.m. (PDT).