SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Lewis & Clark College women's tennis earned a split on the second day of their Texas road trip, falling to #14 Trinity University 7-0 in the morning, before bouncing back for a 5-2 victory over Schreiner University on Saturday afternoon to earn their first win of the season.
THE BASICS
#14 Trinity 7, Lewis & Clark 0
Lewis & Clark 5, Schreiner 2
(Lewis & Clark 1-2)
(Trinity (TX) 1-0)
(Schreiner 0-2)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Pioneers opened the day against nationally ranked Trinity, facing two nationally ranked players. In the afternoon match against Schreiner, Lewis & Clark found its rhythm early. The Pioneers dominated doubles play, sweeping all three matches to set the tone for their first victory of the season.
LEWIS & CLARK vs. #14 TRINITY RECAP
Trinity swept the doubles matches to earn the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead into singles. The Tigers' top duo, Rosabella Andrade and Trinity Levy, defeated junior
Susanna Anand and senior
Kacie Lau 6-2 at first doubles. In the second doubles match Olivia Kim and Ellie Hughes posted a 6-0 victory over sophomore
Maya Curry and first-year
Taylor Stadjuhar. Brooke Belitz and Lucy Nabedrick completed Trinity's sweep with a 6-1 win over senior
Hayley Kreps and sophomore
Charlotte Makoni in the third doubles match.
The Tigers continued their strong play in singles, securing straight-set victories in all six matches. Kim defeated #32 Anand 6-1, 6-1 in the top singles match, while #48 Hughes secured a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Curry in the second.
Makoni faced #27 Levy in the third doubles match, falling 6-0, 6-1, and Stradjuhar dropped number four singles to Nabedrick 6-1, 6-1.
Kreps and Lau fell in the final two matches of the morning. Andrade defeated Kreps 6-0, 6-1 at number five, and Vo completed the sweep with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Lau at number six.
LEWIS & CLARK vs. SCHREINER RECAP
Lewis & Clark rebounded against Schreiner, starting with a doubles sweep. The number one duo of Anand and Lau controlled their match against Hannah Reyna and Addyson Grunberg, winning 6-2, while Curry and Stadjuhar delivered a commanding 6-0 victory in the second doubles. Kreps and Makoni secured a 6-2 victory over Daniella Rodriquez and Ally Leonard in the third flight and the Pioneers secured their first doubles point of the year.
Makoni carried her momentum into singles play, securing a commanding victory at first singles over Reyna, 6-3, 1-0 (ret.). After Schreiner earned a point at second singles, Kreps extended the Pioneers' lead with a straight-set win over Rodriquez, 6-1, 6-4, at the third position.
First-year
Anna English added another point for Lewis & Clark defeating Grunberg 6-1, 6-4 in the fourth flight. Following a hard-fought Schreiner victory at number five singles, where Bergeron outlasted senior
Soraya Young-Pen in a third-set tiebreaker.
Senior
Lauren Smith-Euben sealed the team victory with an emphatic 6-1, 6-0 win over Leonard in the sixth singles match.
BY THE NUMBERS
- English earned her first career dual win in her first collegiate dual.
- Makoni went 2-2 on Saturday, played her first nationally ranked opponent and earned her first career win at first singles.
- The Pioneers women's team earned their first win in Texas since defeating Southwestern 9-0 on March 29, 2013.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark concludes their Texas road trip on Sunday morning, traveling to Austin to face Concordia Texas at 8 a.m. PT.
