SALEM, Ore. - The Puget Sound Logger men's tennis team is headed
to the 2009 Northwest Conference tournament, despite falling to the
Willamette Bearcats in a NWC men's tennis match on Saturday
afternoon in Salem, Ore.
In the match on Saturday, the Loggers got a win in the number
three doubles position from the team of Scooter Sabel (Sun Valley,
Idaho/Community School) and Andrew Timmons (Shoreview, Minn./Mounds
View).  Sabel, who has been perhaps the most consistent player
for Puget Sound this season, also collected a victory at the number
four singles position, holding off Alex Sepenzis, 6-0, 7-6 (7-1).
The Loggers will head into the conferense tournament as the
sixth seed, setting up an early morning meeting with third-seed
Linfield on Friday morning.  With the win Willamette earned
the fourth seed, winning a tiebreaker over Whitworth.  Whitman
is the top seed  while Pacific Lutheran will also receive a
first-round bye as the second seed.  The tournament gets under
way on Friday morning at the Yakima Tennis Club in Yakima, Wash.
Results