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Allison Gabelman hits a baseline forehand
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Puget Sound Women's Tennis UPSWT (3-11, 3-10 NWC)
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Winner Lewis and Clark Women's Tennis LCWT (8-9, 6-6 NWC)
Puget Sound Women's Tennis UPSWT
(3-11, 3-10 NWC)
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Lewis and Clark Women's Tennis LCWT
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Match Recap: Women's Tennis | | Brian Hauge

Women’s Tennis Carves Out 6-1 Victory Over Loggers

Allison Gabelman improves to 3-0 at third singles with straight-sets win.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Lewis & Clark College women's tennis delivered a commanding 6-1 victory over the University of Puget Sound in Northwest Conference action on Saturday afternoon at the LC Tennis Dome.
 
THE BASICS
 
Lewis & Clark 6, Puget Sound 1
(Lewis & Clark 8-9, 6-6 NWC)
(Puget Sound 3-11, 3-10 NWC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
Lewis & Clark dropped one of its most competitive doubles points of the season, losing two of three matches by a combined three games. But the Pioneers rebounded in singles, winning all six matches to complete a season sweep of the Loggers. Sophomore Charlotte Makoni went 2-0 on the day.
 
Puget Sound opened with a win at second doubles, where Lewis & Clark seniors Hayley Kreps and Kacie Lau narrowly fell 6-4 to Pearle Buck and Hyla Chatham. At the top doubles spot, junior Susanna Anand and Makoni fought for a 7-5 win over Kaylee Yamada and Paige Shinall. In the deciding third flight, sophomore Emma Loucks and senior Lauren Smith-Euben lost a tiebreaker 7-6 (2) to Krishna Agrawal and Zoe Hughes.
 
First-year Anna English jumpstarted the Pioneers' comeback with a dominant 6-0, 6-1 victory over Chatham at No. 4 singles.
 
Kreps rallied from a first-set tiebreak loss to defeat Shinall 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles.
 
Makoni followed suit at the top spot, coming back from a set down to beat Yamada 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
 
Lau clinched the overall match win with a convincing 6-3, 6-1 victory over Buck at No. 5 singles.
 
Senior Allison Gabelman extended the lead with a gritty 7-6 (5), 6-4 win over Agrawal at No. 3 singles, and Smith-Euben closed out the day with a 6-0, 6-3 victory against Hughes at No. 6.
 
BY THE NUMBERS 
  • The Pioneers defeated Puget Sound for the 13th consecutive time.
  • Kreps won her sixth consecutive singles match, improving to 3-0 at #2 singles this season; she and Makoni are the only Pioneers to have earned a win at that position.
  • The Pioneers' win today marks their most wins (8) in a season since they won 10 matches in 2017-18.
  • Makoni improved to 4-0 in the top position for the year and earned her ninth singles win of the year.
  • Gabelman moved to 3-3 in NWC play and is 3-0 at No. 3 singles this spring.
 
WHO'S NEXT

Lewis & Clark hosts Bellevue College in an exhibition match at 4 p.m. Sunday at the L&C Tennis Dome.
 
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