Oscar Wight
Trevis Fong

Men's Tennis

Oscar Wight Reaches Quarterfinals of Ojai Tournament

Pacific University senior Oscar Wight won a pair of singles matches on the first day of The Ojai 118th Annual Tournament at the Ojai Valley Tennis Club in Ojai, California on Friday.
 
The senior from Adelaide, Australia, who was named first team all-Northwest Conference a few weeks ago, started his day with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over No. 8 seed Chad Stone of UC Santa Cruz in the round of 32. Then, he proceeded to win his round of 16 contest with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Lucas Tilly of Cal Lutheran to reach the quarterfinals on Saturday.
 
Also, in the main draw was fellow Sage Katayama, who lost by a 6-0, 6-2 margin to No. 5 seed Varun Shanker of Cal Tech. Katayama dropped a 3-6, 6-4, 10-5 loss in the consolation round to end his tournament run. The third Boxer in the main draw was freshman Jonathan Chung, who lost his round of 32 match by a 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 to Lucas Chmielewski of Occidental. He also lost his consolation round matchup by a 6-2, 6-1 decision to Kevin Yu of Cal Tech.

The fourth Boxer in Ojai was sophomore Rayden Murata, who was entered in the independent draw and is the No. 4 seed. Murata picked up a 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 win to start his tournament in the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, he lost a 6-7 (10-6), 6-4, 7-5 decision to Payton Namba of George Fox.
 
In doubles, Chung and Katayama were 8-5 losers to Shanker/Wei of Cal Tech.
 
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Players Mentioned

Sage Katayama

Sage Katayama

5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Rayden Murata

Rayden Murata

Sophomore
So./So.
Oscar Wight

Oscar Wight

6' 2"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Jonathan Chung

Jonathan Chung

Freshman
Fr./Fr.

Players Mentioned

Sage Katayama

Sage Katayama

5' 10"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Rayden Murata

Rayden Murata

Sophomore
So./So.
Oscar Wight

Oscar Wight

6' 2"
Senior
Sr./Sr.
Jonathan Chung

Jonathan Chung

Freshman
Fr./Fr.