TACOMA, Wash.—Lewis & Clark College women's tennis won all six singles matches to earn a comeback 7-2 win over host University of Puget Sound in their first regular-season match in over three weeks. 
 
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 7, Puget Sound 2
(Lewis & Clark 6-7, Northwest Conference 3-2)
(Puget Sound 0-12, Northwest Conference 0-8) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Sophomores Caren Uribe and Kacie Lau teamed up for a win at number three doubles and then added a singles win apiece to each finish 2-0 in the victory. 
 
Uribe and Lau opened the match with a dominant 8-2 win over Zoe Richter and Annie Van Den Berg at third doubles. 
 
Puget Sound came back to take their only lead of the match with wins at first and second doubles. At number one doubles, Paige Shinall and Marissa Perez combined to barely defeat Susanna Anand and Seraphina Vossen 8-6. Second doubles was even tighter. Puget Sound's Chloe Ivy-Curwen and Hyla Chatham went the distance with Hayley Kreps and Arielle Bloom, before the Loggers pair earned a 9-7 win in the tiebreaker to win 9-8 (9-7). 
 
Lewis & Clark turned the tide in singles play. 
 
Vosssen evened the match at 2-2 with a blistering 6-1, 6-0 victory at fourth singles over Ivy-Curwen. 
 
Lau gave the Pioneers the lead for good at sixth singles. The sophomore won 6-2, 6-0 over Van Den Berg to make it 3-2. 
 
Kreps brought the Pioneers to within one win of a match victory. The sophomore cruised past Richter 6-1, 6-1 at fifth singles. 
 
Anand clinched the win and avenged her earlier doubles loss, when she defeated Shinall 6-1, 6-0 at number one singles. 
 
Bloom kept the momentum going at third singles. The junior dispatched Chatham 6-2, 6-0. 
 
In the final match to finish of the day, Uribe earned back-to-back 6-1, 6-1 set victories to knock off Perez at second singles. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• The Pioneers won all 12 singles sets and dropped two games or fewer in all six matches. Lewis & Clark won four of the 12 sets by 6-0 scores. 
• Lewis & Clark has now won 10-straight matches over the Loggers. Their winning streak dates back to April 12, 2014. 
• Uribe and Lau improved to 3-3 this year as a double pairing. The duo are 2-1 at third doubles this season. 
• Bloom and Vossen each improved to 3-1 in NWC singles matches. 
• Uribe is tied with Bloom and Kreps for the team lead with eight doubles victories. 
• With their win, women's tennis improved to 3-2 in NWC Tournament play. The Pioneers will also be awarded a conference win for their cancelled match against Pacific Lutheran. Lewis & Clark heads into the final week of the NWC regular season tied with George Fox University for the fourth and final NWC Tournament spot. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will close out the road portion of their 2022-23 season, when they travel to Linfield University on Saturday at 11 a.m. Linfield currently sits second in the NWC Standings at 6-1.