McMINNVILLE, Ore. -- Top singles competitors Rachael Rice and Madelyn Landerfelt both won the first set of their matches for the Lewis & Clark Pioneers during Friday's Northwest Conference Championship semifinal. After the top-seeded Linfield Wildcats won all three doubles matches, Linfield won two singles matches down the table to clinch a 5-0 win.

Lewis & Clark's season ends with a 5-7 overall record and a sixth straight trip to the conference tournament. 

Rice led Tessa Kern, and Landerfelt was ahead of Taryn Fujimori, in the top singles pairings when the match ended.

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Key Moments 

Rice took the opening set of the top singles match, 6-3, and trailed by a 2-1 margin in the second set. Meanwhile, Landerfelt won 6-3 in the opener and was behind 3-1 in the No. 2 singles match. Rice finishes the year with a 5-3 record overall and 4-2 in first position, while Landerfelt capped off her collegiate career with a 4-7 mark. She was 3-3 while competing at No. 2.

In doubles, Maca Vives and Rice were downed 8-2 to Haley Fujimori and Taryn Fujimori at No. 2. It was just the second loss this season for the pair, which finished the year with a 5-2 record.

Of the two singles matches to finish, Natalie Kowal lost the No. 4 singles match, 6-1, 6-3, to Haley Fujimori. In sixth position, Arielle Bloom fell 6-1, 6-0 to Maggie Fiocchi.

Deeper Look

• Viives was trailing Lexi Matsunaga, 6-3, 4-3, in third position when the match went final
• Kate Stratton was behind 6-1, 2-0 to Allena Wong in No. 5 singles
• Bloom and Stratton lost 8-1 in the third doubles match to Wong and Fiocchi, while Landrefelt and Kowal were downed 8-0 by Kern and Matsunaga at No. 1
• In their first seasons, Stratton finished the season with a 6-2 overall record and a perfect 4-0 mark in No. 5 matches, while Bloom went 3-2 in sixth position
• Vives went 6-3 this year and 5-2 while slotted at No. 3 singles
• Linfield advanced to the NWC Championship final and will face No. 2 Whitworth