McMINNVILLE, Ore.—Lewis & Clark won all nine matches over host Linfield University to earn a 7-0 win and stretched their winning streak to six-straight matches. 
 
THE BASICS 
 
Lewis & Clark 7, Linfield 0
(Lewis & Clark 7-1, Northwest Conference 4-0) 
(Linfield 0-3, NWC 0-2) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Five Pioneers went 2-0 to help Lewis & Clark earn their fourth-straight win to begin Northwest Conference play. 
 
Lewis & Clark opened the match with a sweep of doubles play. 
 
Juniors Wade McDermott and Kai Wills posted a 6-4 win over Rogue Stone and Brooks Lerfald at number one doubles. 
 
Sophomores Noah Sutin and Joey Lyon added a 6-4 win at second doubles, as they dispatched Cameron Paulsen and Abhi Acharya. 
 
In the third doubles match, senior Matt Chio and Spencer Loucks notched a 6-3 win over Alexander Rosenquist and Matous Young. 
 
The Pioneers made it 3-0 to start singles play with wins at first and second singles. 
 
Lyon defeated Rosenquist 6-4, 6-2 at second singles to make it 2-0. 
 
Sutin delivered a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 win over Lerfald at number one singles to give Lewis & Clark a commanding 3-0 win. 
 
McDermott clinched the match victory at fourth singles. The junior defeated Stone 7-5, 6-4 to make it 4-0. 
 
In the closest match of the day, Chio came up with a huge rally to earn the win over Paulsen at third singles. Paulsen had Chio on the ropes, as the Wildcats player led 6-4, 5-1 in the second set. Chio managed to force a tiebreak and won the second set 7-6 (7-0). The third set would also go to a tiebreaker and Chio would come away with a 4-6, 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (7-0) win in which he managed to erase five match points. 
 
Wills pushed Lewis & Clark's advantage to 6-0 as he knocked off Acharya 6-3, 6-4 at fifth singles. 
 
In the final match of the day, first year Arnav Bishnoi defeated Young 6-1, 6-4. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• During their six-match winning streak, Lewis & Clark has now posted five 7-0 score lines. The Pioneers have won all nine matches in all five of those contests. 
• Chio and Bishnoi each posted their fifth-straight singles wins. 
• Lewis & Clark is now 22-2 in singles play in four conference matches and 11-1 in doubles action. 
• Saturday's win was the Pioneers 20^th-consecutive victory over Linfield. Lewis & Clark has not lost to Linfield since the 2011-12 season. 

WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will travel to defending NWC Champions George Fox University on Sunday at 11 a.m. The Bruins and Pioneers were picked to finish second and third in the NWC Preseason Coaches' Poll.