PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College men's tennis earned their seventh win of the season and improved to 2-2 in the Northwest Conference with a 7-2 victory over Whitworth College on Sunday.
 
THE BASICS
 
Lewis & Clark 7, Whitworth 2
(Lewis & Clark 7-4, 2-2 NWC)
(Whitworth 3-7, 2-2 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Lewis & Clark led 2-1 after doubles play, and junior Matt Chio and freshman Noah Sutin finished the day 2-0 to lead the Pioneers over the Pirates.
 
Sutin and fellow freshman Max Furman easily defeated Colby Cinqmars and Jess Weaver 8-2 at number three doubles.
 
Freshman Joey Lyon and sophomore Wade McDermott lost 8-5 in the number one match to Henry Preacher and Nathan Tjelle.
 
Chio and sophomore Kai Wills earned the final doubles points in a tiebreaker in the second flight. They defeated Payton Romey and Ethan Warring 8-7 (2) to take the lead.
 
Chio earned his second win of the day at number three singles with a straight-set 6-0, 6-3 victory over Warring.
 
Lyon and Preacher met across the net for the second time on Sunday in the fourth flight. Lyon won 6-3, 6-3 to give Lewis & Clark a 4-1 lead.
 
Sutin clinched the Pioneers' win with a three-set victory at number one singles. He lost the first set 2-6 to Romey before winning the next two 6-3, 6-4.
 
Wills won the first set in the second singles match 6-3, then lost the next two to Tjelle 4-6, 4-6.
 
Senior Miles Stone earned a 6-1, 6-1 win over Cinqmars at number six singles.
 
McDermott earned the day's final point with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Weaver in the fifth flight.
 
BY THE NUMBERS 

• McDermott earned his tenth singles victory of the year against the Pirates.
• Furman made his NWC debut and is 7-1 in doubles play this year.
• Chio and Wills improved to 2-1 as a doubles team this spring.

WHO'S NEXT
 
Lewis & Clark hosts the University of Oregon Club team for an exhibition match on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.