PORTLAND, Ore. – Lewis & Clark College women's tennis opened the 2026 season and Northwest Conference play with a 4-3 victory over George Fox University on Saturday in the L&C Tennis Dome, snapping a nine-match losing streak to the Bruins.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 4, George Fox 3
Lewis & Clark (1-0, 1-0 NWC)
George Fox (0-2, 0-1 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The River Otters swept doubles play and split singles 3-3 to secure the match victory. Senior
Susanna Anand, junior
Emma Loucks and sophomore
Madi Vianzon each finished 2-0 on the day against the Bruins.
Lewis & Clark secured the doubles point with three straight wins. Anand and junior
Charlotte Makoni defeated Riley Bobkiewicz and Shanah Denham 6-3 at No. 1 doubles. First-year
Alex Mignogna and Vianzon earned a 6-2 victory over Nicole Schnurbusch and Audrey Gardner at No. 3 doubles. Juniors
Maya Curry and Loucks completed the sweep with a 6-3 win against Sophie Denham and Juhree Kizziar at No. 2 doubles to secure the doubles point.
Anand provided the first singles point for Lewis & Clark at No. 1, defeating Bobkiewicz 6-2, 6-2. George Fox responded with three consecutive singles victories to take a 3-2 lead. Sophie Denham defeated Curry 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 at No. 3 singles. Juhree Kizziar won a first-set tiebreaker and closed out Mignogna 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 at No. 4 singles. Shanah Denham rallied past Makoni 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 singles.
Loucks tied the team score at 3-3 with a straight-set win at No. 5 singles, defeating Schnurbusch 6-2, 6-4. The deciding match came at No. 6 singles, where Vianzon dropped the opening set 6-2 before winning the second set 6-0 and pulling away in the third set for a 6-1 victory to clinch the match.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Vianzon won 12 of the final 13 games after dropping the first set.
- Anand won 12 of the final 15 games after falling behind 1-0 in the opening set at No. 1 singles.
- Lewis & Clark earned its first win over George Fox since a 5-4 victory on March 7, 2020.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark begins a three-match Southern California road trip with a match at Occidental College on Friday at 4 p.m. in Los Angeles.