Box Score WHITTIER, Calif.—Senior captain Kristian Peev went 2-0 but it wasn't enough, as Lewis & Clark College men's tennis fell 6-3 to host Whittier College in the Pioneers first match of their Southern California trip. 
 
THE BASICS
Whittier 6, Lewis & Clark 3
(Lewis & Clark 0-4) 
(Whittier 1-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Friday's match went down to the third set in singles play, with Whittier earning wins in three of the four matches that went to a third-set to take the 6-3 decision. 
 
Peev teamed up with freshman Landon Cronin for a win at number one doubles and earned a singles win at first-flight singles. Fellow senior Alberto Dos Santos added a win at fourth singles for the Pioneers. 
 
Whittier took an early 2-0 advantage. At third doubles, Prayag Ahire and Luu Van Den Hoek defeated sophomore Matt Chio and Dos Santos 8-3. 
 
The Poets made it 2-0 when Kieran Carroll and Luca De Bona knocked off freshmen Kai Wills and Wade McDermott 8-5 at second doubles. 
 
Lewis & Clark cut into the deficit at number one doubles. Peev and Cronin downed Spencer Cinco and Ahmed Amer 8-6. 
 
Peev earned the Pioneers first singles win of the day. The senior dropped the first set 6-4 to Cinco, before roaring back to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. 
 
Dos Santos added a win at fourth singles. The senior handled Amer 6-0, 6-4. 
 
Carroll earned a back-and-forth win over Cronin at second singles. Cronin won the first set 6-4, but Carroll responded with set wins of 6-1, 6-4 to take the match 4-6, 6-1, 6-4. 
 
Ahire gave the hosts the lead with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Chio at third singles. 
 
Each of the final two matches went three sets. 

At fifth singles, Wills took the first set 6-2, but De Bona responded to win 2-6, 6-0, 6-0. 
 
Van Den Hoek earned a comeback win over McDermott at sixth singles. The Pios freshman won the first set 6-4, but Van Den Hoek won the match 4-6, 6-0, 6-1. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Lewis & Clark took the first set in five of the six singles matches. 
• Peev has now won back-to-back three-set singles matches and is 4-0 over the past two matches. 
• Dos Santos picked up his first singles match of the spring. 
• Friday's match was the first meeting between the two men's programs since March 24, 2009, when the Pios earned a 9-0 win. 
• The Pios matchup against Whittier was their first dual match against a Division III program this season.  

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Men's Tennis will have a quick turnaround, when they travel to take on California Lutheran University on Saturday at 10 a.m. in their second of three matches this weekend.