CLAREMONT, Calif. – Lewis & Clark College men's tennis faced 2023 NCAA Division III National Tournament Quarterfinalists and currently fifth-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges on Sunday and suffered a 9-0 setback for their first loss of the season.
THE BASICS
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9, Lewis & Clark 0
(Lewis & Clark 3-1)
(Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 2-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Freshman
Noah Sutin challenged Ian Freer at number one singles in the first set. Despite the tough play, Sutin fell 7-5, 6-2.
The Stags started the morning by taking all three doubles points in order. Freshman
Joey Lyon and sophomore
Wade McDermott lost to Freer and Matthew Robinson 8-3 at the first doubles spot. Then Sutin and junior
Matt Chio succumbed to Advik Mareedu and Warren Pham 8-4 in the second flight. Soon after, sophomores
Kai Wills and
Landon Cronin dropped the third singles match to Josh Kim and Tarm Rojanasoonthon 8-4.
The Pioneers dropped all of the singles matches in straight sets to the Stags.
Chio fell to Anirudh Reedy 6-0, 6-2 at the number three singles.
McDermott took on Kim in the fifth singles flight, losing a close match 6-3, 6-3.
Lyon took on Daniel Blackman in the fourth spot. He took five games in the match, falling 6-2, 6-3.
Wills matched Sutin in the total number of games won against his opponent at number two singles. He lost to Pham 6-3, 6-4.
Senior
Miles Stone played the sixth singles flight and lost 6-2, 6-3 to Amar Kumar.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Prior to Sunday's match, Lyon, McDermott, and Wills had not dropped a set in singles play.
- Seven Pioneers saw action in the dual, while the Stags utilized nine players in the match.
- Stone played in his first singles match of the season; last year, he finished 5-2 in duals and 3-1 at the sixth spot.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark hosts California Lutheran in the tennis dome on Monday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. for their third match in as many days. On Friday, the Kingsmen defeated Puget Sound on the Lewis & Clark campus 8-1 in the tennis dome.
