I'm really excited to be typing this first entry for the OC women's tennis blog! As mentioned in our last issue of our e-newsletter, this blog will actually be taking the place of the newsletter from here on out and will provide alums, parents, and prospective students with the "inside scoop" of our team...
And if you thought that there wouldn't be much to report in the middle of the summer...think again! Our assistant coach John Erikson along with his son, and former Oberlin stand-out, Carl Erikson went out to California recently for the National Hardcourt Father-Son Championships and placed second! Carl and John are no strangers to success at this level of course, having claimed 3 Father-Son National Championships throughout the years.
Carl and John had a fairly uneventful ride to the finals in this one, easily dispatching 3 teams without dropping a set along the way. In the finals however, they were narrowly defeated (7-5, 1-6, 6-4) by Gordon & Scott Davis. And to those of you that the name "Scott Davis" rings a bell...yes, that is the former ATP touring pro who won the 1991 Australian Open Doubles title and reached a career high ranking of #2 in the world in doubles and #11 in singles!! So, all in all, not a bad result for the Eriksons after all...
Below a couple of pictures of them from the event:
