March 9, 2004

Dear Slug Tennis Fans,

The Slugs routed perennial East tennis power Swarthmore College 7-0. It was nice to get the doubles point with wins at one doubles as Bryce Parmelly and Kellen Ali-Christie combined for the 8-6 win. At two doubles Shane Templeman and Matt Seeberger continue to improve winning by a commanding 8-4 score. Team Casey lost their first match at three doubles dropping the match 8-5.

With the doubles point in hand the Slugs rolled in singles. Brian Casey fought off fatigue and an inspired opponent to win 6-1,7-6 at one singles. Brian was playing his third singles match in two days as showed great heart in closing down the match. Matt Seeberger played some great tennis but also some streaky tennis in winning 7-5,6-3. As he levels out some of the rough spots he will be very tough to beat. Shane Templeman dominated at three singles winning 6-1,6-1. Kevin Casey was too strong and quick for his opponent in a 6-2,6-0 win. With his improving serve he has too much fire power for most opponents. This combined with his competitive spirit creates big problems. Andrew Cohen is using his forehand in much more creative ways to set up points and he rolled to a 6-0,6-2 win at five singles. Bryce Parmelly used his mashing serve to control the match at six singles winning 6-3,3-6,6-3.

This has been a busy stretch of matches and we play again on Wednesday against Gonzaga University before having a break for finals. Thanks to all our great fans and Go Slugs! We are now 9-2 on the season.

All the best and Go Slugs!
Coach Hansen

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