PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College women's tennis won all three doubles matches and dropped just five games across three singles contests in a commanding 7-0 exhibition victory over Bellevue College on Sunday night.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 7, Bellevue 0
HOW IT HAPPENED
Senior
Lauren Smith-Euben and sophomore
Maya Curry each went 2-0 to lead the Pioneers.
Curry lost just three games on the day, defeating Sadie Wilson 6-1, 6-1 in the fourth singles match. Earlier, Curry teamed with first-year
Madi Vianzon for a 6-1 win over Emma Wetzel and Wilson at No. 3 doubles.
Smith-Euben and sophomore
Emma Loucks earned a 6-0 victory over Meiweya Amazona and Jilianne Legaspi at No. 2 doubles. Smith-Euben then defeated Amazona 6-1, 6-1 in No. 3 singles.
First-year
Anna English rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Wetzel in the second singles match.
Senior
Allison Gabelman outlasted Bean Lowe 6-3, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.
In the final two matches, first-year
Elle Garcia and senior
Soraya Young-Pen each went to a third-set tiebreaker after winning their opening sets. Garcia defeated Shanna Chua 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8) at No. 5 singles. Young-Pen topped Legaspi 6-0, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8) at No. 6.
RESULTS
Doubles
Hayley Kreps /
Kacie Lau (L&C) def. Shanna Chua / Bean Lowe (Bellevue), 7-5
Emma Loucks /
Lauren Smith-Euben (L&C) def. Meiweya Amazona / Jilianne Legaspi (Bellevue), 6-0
Maya Curry /
Madi Vianzon (L&C) def. Emma Wetzel / Sadie Wilson (Bellevue), 6-1
Singles
Allison Gabelman (L&C) def. Bean Lowe (Bellevue), 6-3, 6-3
Anna English (L&C) def. Emma Wetzel (Bellevue), 6-0, 6-1
Lauren Smith-Euben (L&C) def. Meiweya Amazona (Bellevue), 6-1, 6-1
Maya Curry (L&C) def. Sadie Wilson (Bellevue), 6-1, 6-1
Elle Garcia (L&C) def. Shanna Chua (Bellevue), 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-8)
Soraya Young-Pen (L&C) def. Jilianne Legaspi (Bellevue), 6-0, 2-6, 1-0 (10-8)
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark hosts Whitworth University on Saturday at 11 a.m. in the L&C Tennis Dome to begin the final weekend of regular-season matches