Each week the sports staff will pick one Whitman athlete that performed exceptionally in the previous weekend’s games. The distinction will be judged both on the individual’s performance and their impact on the team.
Senior women’s tennis player Katie Oost dropped just one singles game of the twenty four she played over the weekend, beating opponents from Pacific and George Fox, 6-1, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-0 respectively. Oost carried this dominance to doubles where she posted two victories at No. 2 doubles with teammate Divneet Kaur. Oost and Kaur beat Dayna Wong and Jaime Yoshino from Pacific 8-3 and Courtney Banks and Betsy Ann Penman of George Fox 8-5.
In the fall, Oost teamed with singles No. 1 Elise Otto to win the ITA Northwest Fall championship. The win took her to nationals and made her an all-american.
The women’s tennis team enters a portion of the schedule that pits them against the top two teams in the Northwest conference last year and will be a good measure of the team’s muscle. Oost’s leadership as a senior and her experience in the fall will aid the Missionaries over this tough portion in the schedule.
