In the Locker Room With...

Sarah Jesse and Alaina Fotiu-Wojtowicz

Jesse and Fotiu-Wojtocwicz, the number one and two singles players for the women�s tennis team, will look to improve on last season�s record with the help of a great work ethic and short skirts.

Alaina and Jesse, what is the outlook for the upcoming season?

AFW: I think that as long as we have six players, we should be able to finish at least third in the conference and hopefully make it back to regionals.
SJ: Yeah, hopefully better than we did last year.

So you both are from around the same area in Michigan, right?

SJ: Yeah, Lainer and I went to high school like two hours away from each other.
AFW: We had heard of each other during high school before we met here.

Lainer?

SJ: Yeah, I�ve called her that ever since me met. I�m not really sure why.

So Sarah, I hear that you are quite the gym rat.

SJ: No, Lainer is the gym rat.
AFW: No, you are.

How do you get along with [Head] Coach [Donald] Hunsinger?

SJ: He�s like a father figure to us.
AFW: Yeah, he�s the definition of fatherly. Like when went to Memphis last year, Sarah and I actually called him dad the same day. He makes sure we eat, get enough sleep and everything we need to do.

So what�s the best part of your road trips?

AFW: I think the best part is sleeping with Sarah.
SJ: No, Lainer wears shorty shorts.

Shorty shorts?

AFW: C�mon, they�re not that short.
SJ: Yeah they are.
AFW: Zach, you�ve seen me in the halls at North. They�re not that short, are they?

Well...

AFW: [Gets slightly frustrated] Sarah tucks her pants into her socks.

Why does she do that?

SJ: I tuck them into my socks because I don�t want any part of my skin touching hers when I sleep. Our court relationship doesn't carry over into the bedroom.
AFW: Unfortunately.
SJ: I will give her this, though. Lainer looks a lot better in a tennis skirt than Anna Kournikova.

Really?

SJ: Yeah, our skirts are white and tight. Lainer likes them that way.
AFW: You�re such a bitch.

Why the short skirts?

AFW: Well, actually I did pick them out, but I didn't know they were going to be that short.


How come you got to pick them?

AFW: Well, I won a bet with Hunsinger. I bet that Michigan State was going to beat Michigan, and they won, so I got to pick.

Do you think the skirts are going to draw more people to the matches this season?

AFW: Well, let me say that I think we are Oberlin�s best-kept secret. I think Sara�s grunting will help too.
SJ: What�s that supposed to mean?

If you�ve ever seen one, do you have a favorite tennis movie?

SJ: Oh my god, Alaina�s tennis home videos.

Eh, home videos?

SJ: Yeah, her recruiting tapes from when she was in high school.
AFW: I sucked, sucked, sucked.

Since you are the top two singles players on the team, do you ever have some heated matches in practice?

AFW: I totally kick her ass every day in practice.
SJ: Yeah, right.
AFW: She doesn't even know how to keep score.
SJ: Well, I lose track of the score sometimes. I just play.

I take it that you two are pretty close, though.

AFW: Oh yeah, we eat together, travel together, we do everything together. 
SJ: We�re just right for each other. We do get in sister-like fights sometimes, though.

Sarah, can you say Alaina Rose Fotiu-Wojtowicz�s name ten times in a row as fast you can?

SJ: Totally.

All right, let�s hear it.

SJ: No, I don�t want to.

That�s what I thought.