PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark men's tennis earned a come-from-behind 7-2 non-conference victory over East Texas Baptist University Tuesday evening.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 7, East Texas Baptist 2
(Lewis & Clark 4-9, 2-2 NWC)
(East Texas Baptist 6-7, 0-0 ASC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Senior
Kristian Peev and freshman
Wade McDermott won the first point of the night for the Pioneers at No. 1 doubles, defeating Jacob Daniell and Jake Gibson 8-3. The Tigers won their only points of the match at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. Zachary Couch and Max Karseno won 8-2 over
Landon Cronin and
Alberto Dos Santos at the three spot. Sam Black and Bruno Brocanelli earned the 8-4 win over
Matt Chio and
Kai Wills at No. 2 doubles.
Chio quickly earned the first singles win for the Pioneers at No. 3 singles. He easily dispatched Gibson 6-0, 6-2 to tie the dual. Dos Santos gave the Pioneers the lead for good at No.2 singles, defeating Brocanelli 7-5, 6-4. Wills saw Couch for the second time of the night at No. 5 singles and earned the 6-1, 6-3 win to put the Pioneers up 4-2.
Peev secured the dual with a three-set win at No. 1 singles. Peev took the first set from Black 7-5 before dropping the second set 5-7. The two continued to battle it out, with Peev pulling out the victory 7-5 in the final set.
McDermott also went to three sets in his singles match. The freshman took on Slade Austin in No. 4 singles. McDermott won a tight first set 6-4, then lost the second in a tiebreaker 7-6 (5). The third set was another close battle, with McDermott prevailing 6-4.
Junior
Miles Stone returned to singles play at the No. 6 slot. Stone took the straight-set win over Daniell 6-2, 6-3, for his third singles win of the season.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Between doubles and singles play, Peev has won eight matches in a row.
- After starting the season 0-7, the Pioneers have gone 4-2, including 2-2 in the Northwest Conference.
- Stone is 3-1 in singles play and 2-1 at the No. 6 spot.
- Peev leads the team with 14 match wins this season.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark plays two exhibition matches this weekend. The first is the annual Alumni match on Saturday. The Pioneers then host Bellevue College on Sunday at 4 p.m. in the Dome.
