NEWBERG, Ore. — Lewis & Clark College women's tennis closed out its fall championship slate with another strong performance at the 2025 ITA Northwest Regional Championship, held Friday through Sunday at George Fox University. Sophomore
Madi Vianzon highlighted the weekend by winning the B Draw Consolation title, extending the Pioneers' streak of tournament championships.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Singles Recap
Vianzon bounced back from a tough three-set loss in the Round of 32 of the main draw to put together a dominant run in consolation play. She rattled off four consecutive victories, capped by a 6-2, 6-4 triumph over George Fox's Nicole Schnurbusch in the final. Along the way, she outlasted Puget Sound's Pearl Buck in a super tiebreak (6-1, 6-7 [3], 1-0 [10-7]), swept Linfield's Sophia Benke 6-0, 6-0, and rolled past UPS's Ginger Parker 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals.
Sophomore
Elle Garcia reached the consolation quarterfinals with a come-from-behind 6-7 (2), 6-2, 1-0 (10-6) win over Willamette's Fiona Beardsley. Junior
Emma Loucks added a main-draw victory, defeating Schnurbusch 4-1, 4-0.
In the A Flight, sophomore
Anna English provided one of the weekend's most dramatic moments, rallying from a set down and surviving a marathon tiebreak to edge Whitworth's Jordan Turner 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (16-14) in the Round of 32. Junior
Charlotte Makoni joined her in the Round of 16 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Puget Sound's Frances English.
Senior and top seed
Susanna Anand advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating Willamette's Alexa De Crinis 6-2, 7-5, before falling in a tight three-set battle to Whitman's Renata Rosell Puga.
In consolation play, sophomore
Maya Curry advanced on a walkover before dropping her quarterfinal match against Linfield's Kaitlynn Canubida.
Doubles Recap
The Pioneers pushed two teams into the Round of 16 in the East doubles draw. Curry and sophomore
Taylor Stadjuhar opened with an 8-2 win over Willamette's Krysten Smith and Alicia Sola before narrowly falling 8-6 to George Fox's Riley Bobkiewicz and Sophie Denham.
Anand and Makoni, seeded fifth, cruised to an 8-1 win over Schnurbusch and Juhree Kizziar (George Fox) and then topped Whitman's Gloria Lau and Julia Longpre 8-2. Their run ended in the quarterfinals against Whitworth's Clara Todd and Faith Kert, 8-3.
English and Vianzon paired up for doubles play, while Loucks and first-year
Alex Mignogna played in both the East and West draws.
BY THE NUMBERS
- 1 – Consolation championship won by Vianzon in the B Flight.
- 4 – Times in the past five years the Pioneers have captured at least one ITA title.
- 5 – Straight years a Pioneer has reached the finals in any ITA draw.
- 11 – Pioneers who have advanced to an ITA final since 2021.
WHAT'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark has completed its fall tournament schedule and will now prepare for the spring dual-match season, beginning in February.
