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Men’s tennis handles Whittier College

Eagles sweep doubles and singles play in victory over the Poets.
Men’s tennis handles Whittier College

Men’s tennis returned to the Biola Tennis Center on Saturday to take on Whittier College. The Eagles dominated in every facet of the game to take down the Poets 5-0.

Biola got off to a quick start in doubles as the No. 3 pairing of freshman Ian Nieh and Edwyn Ramos took home a quick 6-1 win. At No. 2 doubles, junior Derek James and senior David Garcia followed with a 6-3 victory. At the No.1 spot, sophomores Quentin Lau and Logan Blair were tied 4-4 before the doubles matches were finished.

“ [With] doubles I always feel so confident. Me and Logan played really well, and we just get things done,” Lau said.

In singles play, James picked up a very efficient 6-2, 6-1 victory. Lau followed him up with another 6-2, 6-1 win. Garcia was the final victory of the day as he took his match by a score of 6-3, 6-4.

“Being my last season, that’s one of the moments you wish for, and at the end of the day I want to make sure I contribute to the team and get these guys out of here as soon as possible,” Garcia said.

Head coach David Goodman was impressed with the way his team came to play.

“We came out ready to play and it made such a difference. Being super energetic and playing well, I could tell we wanted to win today, which is nice, they were self-motivated today,” Goodman said.

The Eagles (2-2) will look to continue their winning ways at home against Concordia University Irvine on Thursday at 2 p.m.

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Joel Ashor is a junior broadcast journalism major with a love for sports, friends, and history. Joel is a Notre Dame football, Angels baseball, and Boston Celtics fan. [email protected] Growing up in the small city of Santa Maria, California as the youngest of four boys, I was always surrounded by things much earlier than normal, due to the fact that I experienced things through my much older brothers. One of the things I experienced was sports, and when I started watching and seeing what it looked like to be on a sports team, I fell in love. In my family, sports is not really an option, it just is something that we all do. Luckily my parents never had to force me or my brothers to play sports because we all had a passion for it. From a young age I immersed myself in the culture of sports, watching any sport that was on, growing a particular liking to college football. My uncle attended the University of Notre Dame, and my whole family are die-hard Irish fans. Naturally I became one as well, and I remember Saturday mornings with the family quite clearly. As I grew older I began to see and understand more about what it took to broadcast a live sports game, and I became quite intrigued by it. I decided I wanted to be involved with sports for the rest of my life and cover it in some form. One of the sports commentators I look up to greatly and have always liked is NBC sports reporter Bob Costas, who is a jack of all trades broadcaster and covers all sports from the Olympics to football and many more. I aspire to be a broadcast journalist someday, and the Chimes is an excellent way to hone my skills and continue to practice writing and talking about sports. I look forward to my growth while working with the Chimes in reporting accurately and quickly, and cannot wait to cover Biola sports.
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