Post #2 Washburn Tennis

The Washburn Lady Blues tennis team evened their record at 1-1 on the season with a 9-0 sweep of the future MIAA opponent Lindenwood on Saturday at the Cooper Tennis Center in Springfield, Missouri. Washburn will be off from court action until this Friday, Feb. 24 when they will face Arkansas-Fort Smith.

Washburn opened the match with a pair of 8-2 doubles wins by Alysaa Castillo and Jamie Blackim at No. 1 doubles and Morgan Rainey and Whitley Zitch at No. 2 doubles. Annie Doole and myself (Sophie O’Neill) won our match at No. 3 doubles 8-1.

All six singles matches were won in straight sets as Washburn improved to 1-1 on the season.

In Men’s tennis, The Washburn Ichabods also picked up their first win of the season while handing Lindenwood its first loss of the season in an 8-1 beating over the Lions on Saturday at the Cooper Tennis Complex.

The Ichabods (1-1) swept doubles play over the Lions (3-1) to open up a 3-0 lead. In singles action, Washburn took 5 of the six flights to come away with the 8-1 win. Steven Fletcher, Maciej Winiarz and Dario Munoz each picked up straight set wins.

Best of luck to the Men’s and Woman’s team for their Friday meet in Arkansas against the Fort-Smith Lions!

To follow our team action and find out the latest scores, go to www.wusports.com

GO WASHBURN!!!

Post #1- College Tennis

An increasing amount of international students are studying in the United States because of the amazing opportunity to study and play tennis abroad at a high level through athletic scholarships. I would know, as I am one of the few!
More and more international students are now coming to America to study for their degree's and play tennis as it provides more opportunities than studying in their native countries. Since the beginning of the recession in January 2008, the number of British players alone has jumped from 46 to a staggering 217, with an increase in the last year alone of around 64 players.
Unfortunately in countries like the United Kingdom, sports are not as well funded and promoted and so the term "athletic scholarship" is almost unheard of; even in top Universities with some of the best sporting reputations in the country are limited in what financial aid they can offer to their athletes.
College tennis in the States provides an experience not only to travel around America but to play at a competitively higher level than can possibly ever be achieved in the UK and teaches players what is it to be part of a team.
With word spreading of what can be offered in "The Land of Opportunity" during such times of financial hardship, it is likely that you'll be seeing a lot more unfamiliar faces in years to come!