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.