SALEM, Ore. -- Lewis & Clark College men's tennis defeated Willamette University 6-1 in Northwest Conference play on Sunday in Salem.
THE BASICS
Lewis & Clark 6, Willamette 1
Lewis & Clark (7-7, 7-3 NWC)
Willamette (2-11, 1-9 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Four River Otters went 2-0 on the day, as senior
Wade McDermott, junior
Noah Sutin, sophomore
Arnav Bishnoi and first-year
Kaden Sigurdsson each earned wins in doubles and singles to lead Lewis & Clark to its seventh conference victory.
Lewis & Clark opened the match by sweeping doubles to take a 1-0 lead. Senior
Spencer Loucks and Sigurdsson secured the first result at No. 2 with a 6-1 win over Luca Casano and Sohnosuke Sakaguchi. Senior
Kai Wills and Sutin followed at No. 1 with a 6-2 victory over AJ Avansino and Hudson Snyder. McDermott and Bishnoi completed the sweep at No. 3 with a 7-5 win over Jake Bronson and Jack Hally.
Lewis & Clark claimed five of six singles matches. McDermott recorded the first singles point at No. 5 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Casano. Sutin followed at No. 1 with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Avansino to extend the lead to 3-0.
Sigurdsson earned a three-set win at No. 2, defeating Bronson 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Willamette picked up its lone point at No. 3, where Sakaguchi defeated Wills 7-6 (8-6), 6-1.
Bishnoi closed out No. 4 with a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 win over Snyder in the second three-set match of the afternoon. Junior
Bridger Galyardt added the final point at No. 6 with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Jake Freeland.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Bishnoi and McDermott extended their win streak to five matches at No. 3 doubles.
- Sutin played No. 1 singles in Northwest Conference play for the first time this season and earned his fifth straight victory.
- Lewis & Clark sits in third place in the NWC standings with four matches remaining. The River Otters trail Whitworth by one match and lead George Fox by 1.5 matches.
WHO'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark hosts UC Santa Cruz in a non-conference match on Thursday at 4 p.m. in the L&C Tennis Dome.
