Men's Tennis 4/3/2021 12:00:00 AM

Pios win top singles in NWC defeat

WALLA WALLA, Wash. -- The Lewis & Clark Pioneers won the top two singles matches in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Whitman Blues at Whitman Outdoor Courts.

Ramez Attia and Kristian Peev took the top spots with Attia's win coming in three sets. Shane Lynette won one set in a loss at fourth position.

Riley Vickers and Peev were 8-2 winners in doubles.

Key Moments

In a match-up of two of the best singles players in the Northwest Conference, Attia won his third straight match and improved to 4-2 in top singles this season with a 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (12-10) victory over Andreas Mueller-Immergluck. It snapped Mueller-Immergluck's three-match win streak.

Peev got back in the win column and improved to 5-4 on the year with a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) win over Aidan Schutter in second position.

"Kristian continues to play smarter and cleaner tennis to win his match in straight sets," Pios assistant coach Phalkun Mam said "We lost the race to five points, with our last four singles losing. Still, the Pios are starting to get more comfortable in match play and are slowly executing their points better and better."

Vickers and Peev improved to 6-3 on the year with a fifth straight win. The pair defeated John Carter and Bear Lee, 8-2, in the No. 2 doubles spot.

Deeper Look

Lewis & Clark (5-4, 3-2 NWC) had its four-match win streak snapped
Lynette won his first set before ending in a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 defeat to Jack Freer in No. 4 singles
Lynette had won four of his last five matches prior to Saturday
Daniel Lane lost 6-3, 6-3 to Lee in fifth position, while Miles Stone was beaten 6-2, 6-3 to Matthew Biggi at No. 6
In the top doubles pairing, Lynette and Attia lost 8-2 to Mueller-Immergluck and Freer
Stone and Lane were closer in No. 3 doubles, but fell 8-5 to Schutter and Aaron Yuan
Whitman remains undefeated (8-0, 6-0 NWC)