WARSAW – Sam Rice’s timing could not be better. The Warsaw ace is playing his best tennis of his senior season since postseason play commenced. Rice will look to extend his postseason run and final prep campaign Saturday as the Tigers’ No. 1 singles player competes in the … Read More
CULVER – The Warsaw boys tennis team put forth an excellent effort Tuesday night. The game Tigers left it all on the court. In the end, however, it was still not enough to earn a regional win. A powerful Plymouth squad ended the Tigers’ season with a 3-2 … Read More
Warsaw boys tennis coach Rick Orban loved the focus he saw from his team in the sectional final. He knows they will need more of that come the regional round of the state tournament series Tuesday evening. Warsaw, which did not lose a single game in winning its … Read More
DUNLAP – Warsaw boys tennis coach Rick Orban wanted to see his team gain a little momentum Monday. Mission accomplished. The Tigers put the wraps on the regular season with a 4-1 win over host Concord in the Northern Lakes Conference finale. Warsaw, which will host the first … Read More
MISHAWAKA – Both Warsaw boys tennis coach Rick Orban and Penn coach Eric Bowers referred to the singles lineup of the Kingsmen as “solid” Thursday night. The pair, understandably so in coach speak, understated the obvious. Their stellar singles lineup carried the Kingsmen past a shorthanded Tiger team … Read More
WARSAW – Rick Orban has a simple philosophy when it comes to playing in another tennis regional. The Warsaw girls tennis coach doesn’t put too much stock into who’s across the net. “Our job is to show up on Tuesday and beat whoever is at the regional,” said … Read More
WARSAW – The hardware will stay right at home once again for the Warsaw girls tennis program. The Tigers struck a familiar pose, that of sectional champions, on their home courts Friday evening. Warsaw’s stellar senior class made sure a tradition of sectional success was going to carry … Read More
WARSAW – Warsaw girls tennis coach Rick Orban feels his team is the one to beat in the sectional. Why shouldn’t he? It’s hard to argue when the Tigers have won 13 straight sectional championships. Warsaw will look to make it 14 straight starting Thursday. The host Tigers … Read More
MIDDLEBURY – Warsaw girls tennis coach Rick Orban shuffled his playing cards Wednesday. He was unable to come up with a winning hand in the end though. Despite several changes in his lineup from the previous night, the Tigers came up on the short end of a 4-1 … Read More
WARSAW – Experience does matter. Just ask Warsaw girls tennis coach Rick Orban. Orban watched his veteran group of singles players lead the way to a season-opening win over Columbia City Thursday. The senior trio of Sarah Boyle, Jacqueline Sasso and Rachel Alexander each dominated their singles matches … Read More
WARSAW – The Warsaw girls tennis team, cast in a new and very unfamiliar role for postseason play, got on a roll of their own the last three nights. The Tigers, sectional underdogs, found their confidence and consistency to dispel the doubters to claim the program’s 13th straight … Read More
WARSAW – The Warsaw girls tennis team made sure there was no sectional suspense for a second straight night. The host Tigers took care of business in a big way Thursday night in rolling past Tippecanoe Valley 5-0 in semifinal play. Warsaw, which had to rally to outlast … Read More
WARSAW – Camille Kerlin and Rosalia Fleming sure made Rick Orban look like a coaching genius Wednesday night. With the sectional championship winning streak for the Warsaw girls tennis program resting on their rackets, Kerlin and Fleming delivered like seasoned pros. The reality of the situation couldn’t be … Read More
Talent. Depth. Experience. That’s what Warsaw girls tennis coach Rick Orban sees when he takes a look at his roster for the 2013 season. “It could be a great season for us and I’m truly excited about it,” said Orban in a phone interview earlier this week while … Read More
CULVER – Warsaw boys tennis coach Rick Orban had no complaints about how his team performed in the regional final Thursday evening. It was just that a red-hot Culver Academy team was simply too much for the Tigers to tame. The No. 14 Eagles flew past Warsaw … Read More
CULVER – The Warsaw boys tennis team aced its regional semifinal quiz Tuesday with flying colors. The regional final exam coming up on Wednesday will prove to be a much tougher test for the Tigers. Warsaw rolled past overmatched Peru in straight sets at all five positions to … Read More
