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Kai Wills with an overhand volley
Seth Orensky
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Lewis and Clark Men's Tennis LCMT (2-9, 1-2 NWC)
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Winner Whitman College Men's Tennis WC-M (3-6, 2-0 NWC)
Lewis and Clark Men's Tennis LCMT
(2-9, 1-2 NWC)
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Final
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Whitman College Men's Tennis WC-M
(3-6, 2-0 NWC)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Brian Hauge

Blues Come From Behind To Defeat Men’s Tennis

Kristian Peev wins two matches to lead Pios in loss.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Lewis & Clark College men's tennis team jumped out to an early 2-1 lead after doubles before dropping a 6-3 Northwest Conference road dual to Whitman College.
 
THE BASICS
Whitman 6, Lewis & Clark 3 
(Lewis & Clark 2-9, 1-2 NWC)
(Whitman 3-6, 2-0 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Pioneer senior/freshman doubles teams took the day's first two matches to give men's tennis an early 2-0 lead before the Blues won three points in a row. Senior Kristian Peev and doubles teammate freshman Wade McDermott took down Noah Baker and Diego Guzman 8-4 at the No. 1 spot. The No. 3 doubles team of senior Alberto Dos Santos and freshman Landon Cronin won 8-5 over Charles Rush and Artem Manov. This was the first match back for both Dos Santos and Cronin after missing some time due to injury. Sophomore Matt Chio and freshman Kai Wills dropped their doubles match 8-5 at the No. 2 spot to Lucas Huang and Aidan Schutter.
 
Down 2-1, Whitman tied the dual when Huang beat Cronin 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. They then took their first lead after the No. 4 match when Baker defeated Chio 6-4, 6-1.
 
Peev tied the dual at three all, winning a hard fought two-setter, 7-6(5), 7-6(5) at No. 1 singles over Harshvardhan Chopra.
 
The Blues regained the lead for good after the No. 3 singles match. Dos Santos dominated the first set, winning 6-1 over Schutter. The next two sets of the match were much closer, but it was Schutter who would prevail, 6-4, 6-4.
 
Whitman claimed the dual win after Alejandro Raffo defeated McDermott 6-1, 6-4 at the five spot. Wills then fell 6-2, 6-2 at No. 6 to Chris O'Farrell.   
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Sophomore Bennett Gazor and junior Miles Stone dropped an exhibition doubles match 8-3.
  • Peev leads the Pios in dual wins this season. He has recorded five wins each in singles and doubles play.
  • The doubles team of Peev/McDermott is 2-1 in NWC Play and has a team-leading three wins in duals.
  • Dos Santos and Cronin picked up their first NWC doubles win of the season. They both have three total doubles wins in dual matches this spring.  
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark travels to Spokane, Washington, for an 11 a.m. dual at Whitworth.
 
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