TACOMA, Wash. -- Lewis & Clark College men's tennis defeated the University of Puget Sound 6-1 in Northwest Conference play on Saturday at the Puget Sound Tennis Pavilion.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 6, Puget Sound 1
Lewis & Clark (6-7, 6-3 NWC)
Puget Sound (0-13, 0-10 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Four River Otters went 2-0 on the day, as seniors
Wade McDermott,
Kai Wills and
Spencer Loucks, along with junior
Noah Sutin, each won in doubles and singles to lead Lewis & Clark to its sixth conference victory.
Lewis & Clark opened the match by sweeping the doubles round to take a 1-0 lead. Sophomore
Arnav Bishnoi and McDermott secured the first result at No. 3 with a 6-1 win over Sam Lowery and Vincent Unpingco. Loucks and first-year
Kaden Sigurdsson followed at No. 2 with a 6-2 victory over Tyler Blixt and Reef Gelder. Sutin and Wills completed the sweep at No. 1 with a 6-3 win against Jason Rowe and Jackson Stumpf.
Lewis & Clark won five of six singles matches. Junior
Bridger Galyardt recorded the first singles point at No. 6 with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Blixt. McDermott followed at No. 4 with a 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) victory over Gelder to extend the lead to 3-0.
Wills clinched the match at No. 3 with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Unpingco. Loucks added a victory at No. 5, defeating Lowery 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 to make it 5-0.
Puget Sound earned its lone point at No. 1, where Rowe defeated Sigurdsson 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in one of two three-set matches.
Sutin closed the afternoon at No. 2 with a 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 1-0 (10-6) win over Stumpf. After dropping the first set in a tiebreaker, Sutin rallied to win the second set and secured the match in a super tiebreaker to seal the 6-1 final.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Sutin has won back-to-back three-set matches to improve to 8-0 at No.2 singles.
- Bishnoi and McDermott moved to 6-1 in the Northwest Conference in doubles play and 4-0 at No. 3.
- Sutin and Wills improved to 6-2 in NWC matches at No.1 doubles.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark travels to Salem for an 11 a.m. Northwest Conference match at Willamette on Sunday.
