PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College men's tennis earned their Northwest Conference home opener 9-0 Sunday afternoon against Willamette University, in a match that saw every Pioneer in the lineup go 2-0 on the day.   
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 9, Willamette 0         
(Lewis & Clark 2-8, 1-1 NWC)
(Willamette 0-7, 0-3 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Pioneers jumped out to a 3-0 lead after the doubles portion of the match. Freshman Kai Wills and sophomore Matt Chio dominated Quentin Nigbur and Andrew Kropp 8-0 at No. 2 doubles to start the match. Junior Miles Stone and sophomore Bennett Gazor earned the second doubles point at the No. 3 spot with an 8-2 win over Andre Lief and Luca Casano. Senior Kristian Peev and freshman Wade McDermott grabbed the final doubles point at No. 1 with an 8-4 win over Andrew Kabacy and Veilbor Mladenovic.
 
Wills and Kropp met again at No. 4 singles, with Wills taking the point for the Pioneers in a 6-0, 6-3 win. He is now 2-1 at the fourth spot.   
 
McDermott secured the dual win for the Pioneers at No. 3 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Nigbur. He is now 2-0 playing at No. 3.
 
In one of two matches that went three sets, Peev and Kabacy met at No. 1 singles. Peev convincingly one the first set 6-2. Kabacy then took set two in a close tiebreak of 7-6 (8-6). Since Lewis & Clark had already secured the dual win, the third set was a 10-point tiebreak, in which Peev won 10-5.
 
Stone served up two bagels at the fifth spot, taking down Allen 6-0, 6-0. Stone earned his first win of the season at No. 5; he is currently 2-1 in singles.
 
Chio earned his second singles win of the season and his first win at No. 2 singles with a come-from-behind victory over Mladenovic, 4-6, 6-3, 10-6.
 
Gazor earned his second win in singles Sunday. He easily defeated Lief 6-2, 6-3, at No. 6 singles to move to 2-0.  
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• Junior Logan Hausler and freshman Spencer Loucks earned an 8-2 exhibition win over Trey Allen and Spencer Chase.
• Hausler also won a singles exhibition 8-3 over Garrett Thornhill.
• Loucks won his singles exhibition 8-3 over Jake Freeland.
• The Pioneers have won the last six matches against the Bearcats by a combined score of 53-1.

 
WHO'S NEXT
 
Lewis & Clark travels to Walla Walla, Washington, on Saturday for a 10 a.m. match against Whitman.