REDLANDS, Calif. - The Whittier College men's tennis season came to an end on Saturday afternoon in impressive fashion. The Poets defeated Occidental, 5-4, in the fifth place game and Sean Robertson was honored with a place on the All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference second team.

Robertson went undefeated in singles play throughout the tournament and won 6-3, 7-6(4) over Mike Kuhn of Occidental at No. 1 singles to secure his place on the all-conference team.

The Poets (15-7) won 8-6 at No. 1 and 8-2 No. 2 doubles and held a 6-2 advantage at No. 3 doubles but surrendered the final six games of the match. Whittier led 2-1 through doubles.

Robertson's victory at No. 1 gave the Poets a 3-1 lead but Occidental rattled off victories at No. 2, 3 and 4 singles.

Frank Sun won a three-set match at No. 5 singles as he outlasted the Tiger's Stefan Pastor, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

The University of Redlands has a 10 court facility but the third-place game was being place at the same time as the Whittier-Occidental match. That delayed the start of Gavin Smith's deciding match at No. 6 singles. Smith left little doubt as he rolled to a 6-1, 6-0 win.

Last season the Poets finished seventh in the final SCIAC standings. The fifth place finish is the highest ranking even for Whittier.

Next weekend the purple and gold will send 11 athletes to Ventura County to play in the individual Ojai Tournament. The top four will play in the Division III draw while the remaining seven will play in the Independent draw.

Results
Doubles
1. DeLong/Robertson (WC) def. Wan/Fenning (Oxy) 8-6
2. Carregha/Franey (WC) def. Pastor/Morgan (Oxy) 8-2
3. Sowers/Kuhn (Oxy) def. Smith/Sun (WC) 8-6

Singles
1. Sean Robertson (WC) def. Mike Kuhn (Oxy) 6-3, 7-6 (4)
2. Chris Wan (Oxy) def. Justin DeLong (WC) 6-2, 6-0
3. Reid Fenning (Oxy) def. Patricio Carregha (WC) 6-4, 6-0
4. Victor Sowers (Oxy def. Lance Franey (WC) 6-2, 6-4
5. Frank Sun (WC) def. Stefan Pastor (Oxy) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
6. Gavin Smith (WC) def. Jackson May (Oxy) 6-1, 6-0