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Kacie Lau hits a baseline forehand
Steve Gibbons
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Lewis and Clark LCWT (6-8, 3-3 NWC)
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Winner Linfield LIN-W (11-2, 7-1 NWC)
Lewis and Clark LCWT
(6-8, 3-3 NWC)
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Linfield LIN-W
(11-2, 7-1 NWC)
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Brian Hauge

Women’s Tennis Falls To Linfield In Penultimate Regular Season Match

Sophomore Kacie Lau earns Pioneers’ lone point.


MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – The Lewis & Clark College women's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision to second place Linfield University in Northwest Conference play but are still holding on to the fourth and final spot for the conference tournament.   
 
THE BASICS
 
Linfield 8, Lewis & Clark 1 
(Lewis & Clark 6-8, 3-3 NWC)
(Linfield 11-2, 7-1 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Pioneers fell behind 3-0 after doubles play, dropping identical 8-3 matches at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Sophomore Caren Uribe and junior Seraphina Vossen lost at No. 1 to Lexie Matsunaga and Allena Wong, while sophomore Hayley Kreps and junior Arielle Bloom fell to Sarah Forester and Alexis Carner at the No. 3 spot. Sophomore Kacie Lau and freshman Susanna Anand almost grabbed a doubles point at No. 2 doubles, dropping an 8-6 match to Taryn Fujimori and Emma Tuttle.
 
Four of the singles matches saw the Pioneers compete against the Wildcats that they played in the doubles matches. Anand and Fujimori met again in the No. 1 singles match, where Anand fell 7-5 in the first set before Fujimori grabbed the match with a 6-0 win in the second set. Uribe fell to Matsunaga 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 2 spot. Vossen also dropped her singles match to her doubles opponent, losing 6-1, 6-3 to Wong at No. 4 singles. The last singles match to have familiar foes was at No. 3 singles, where Bloom dropped a 6-2, 6-0 decision to Forester.
 
Kreps faced Tuttle for the first time on Saturday, falling 6-2, 6-2 at the No. 5 spot.
 
Lau earned the sole win for the Pioneers against the Wildcats as she overpowered Lisa Ponti 6-1, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
 
BY THE NUMBERS
  • Lau has won three NWC singles matches in a row, and six of her last seven in singles play.
  • Anand lost for the first time in NWC singles play and is currently 5-3 at No. 1 singles.
  • Bloom and Vossen are both 4-2 against NWC opponents in singles matches.
  • Anand and Lau teamed up this season for the first time in doubles play and pushed their opponents to the limits.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark plays their final NWC regular season home match tomorrow at 11 a.m. against Pacific University in the L&C Tennis Dome. Both teams are playing for a spot in the four-team NWC Tournament.  
 
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