VANCOUVER, Wash. -- Madelyn Landerfelt was the Lewis & Clark Pioneers lone winner in Sunday's non-Northwest Conference match-up with the Linfield Wildcats at Club Green Meadows.
Competing in a single-set, race-to-eight format, Landerfelt won 8-4 in the top spot over Lexie Matsunaga. She almost earned a sweep on the day, but she and Natalie Kowal were narrowly defeated atop the doubles match-ups.
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Key Moments
Kowal and Landerfelt nearly picked up their first win as a duo in the No. 1 doubles match. Instead, the pair fell to 0-4 on the year with a 7-5 defeat to Haley Fujimori and Matsunaga. Lewis & Clark lost 6-1 in the other two pairings.
Maca Vives competed for the first time this weekend and lost for just the second time this year, 9-8 (10-6) to Taryn Fujimori in No. 2 singles.
Kowal lost to Haley Fujimori, and Kate Stratton fell to Maggie Fiocchi, in the No. 3 and 4 singles match-ups, respectively. Both were 8-2 finals.
Deeper Look
Arielle Bloom lost 8-1 to Sarah Forester in No. 5 singles, while Cassandra Harper dropped an 8-0 match to Allena Wong in sixth position
Bloom and Stratton were paired in No. 2 doubles, while Vives competed with Kendall Malone
Linfield improved to 7-2 this season
Looking Ahead
The Pioneers have two matches left before the NWC tournament at the beginning of May. On Saturday, Lewis & Clark hosts Pacific Lutheran before a road dual at George Fox on Apr. 30.
