PORTLAND, Ore. – The Lewis & Clark College women's tennis team will return to the Northwest Conference postseason tournament after missing the tournament a year ago with a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over Pacific University on Sunday.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 5, Pacific 4
(Lewis & Clark 7-8, 4-3 NWC)
(Pacific 2-10, 2-5 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pioneers earned the first point of the day in doubles play but were down 2-1 after completing all three matches. Freshman
Susanna Anand and sophomore
Kacie Lau blanked Keilyn Futter and Angela Nguyen 8-0 at No. 2 doubles to earn the point. Sophomore
Caren Uribe and junior
Seraphina Vossen dropped the No. 1 doubles match 8-1 to Cassidy and Sydnie Binder. Anna Emerson and Anneke Hanson edged out junior
Arielle Bloom and sophomore
Hayley Kreps 8-6 at the three spot.
Bloom tied the match back up for the Pioneers, serving up double bagels at No. 3 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Nguyen.
The Binder sisters put the Boxers up 4-2 with identical 6-2, 6-2 wins at first and second singles. Anand fell to C. Binder, and Uribe dropped the No. 2 match to S. Binder.
Vossen kept Lewis & Clark in the match with a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles over Futter.
Lau took No. 6 singles 6-0, 6-2 over Hanson to tie the match back at 4-all.
With the season on the line, Kreps earned a straight-set win 6-2, 6-1 over Emerson in the number five match and extended the Pioneers' season.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Lau finished NWC play with a perfect 4-0 record in singles.
- Kreps evened her record to 3-3 in conference matches with her match-clinching win.
- Bloom and Vossen each moved to 5-2 in NWC singles matches heading into the postseason.
- Lewis & Clark earned their four NWC wins by a combined score of 30-6; they lost their 3 matches by a combined score of 4-23.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark will travel to Whitman for the NWC tournament this coming weekend.
