FOREST GROVE, Ore. -- Lewis & Clark College men's tennis lost 4-3 to Pacific University in Northwest Conference play on Saturday morning at Holce Tennis Courts.
THE BASICS
Pacific 4, Lewis & Clark 3
Lewis & Clark (8-10, 8-5 NWC)
Pacific (7-10, 7-6 NWC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Pacific secured the doubles point by winning two of three matches. Alexander Kinoshita and Steele Toguchi defeated sophomore
Arnav Bishnoi and senior
Wade McDermott 6-1 at No. 3. Dawson Hose and Jonathan Nguyen followed with a 6-3 win over junior
Noah Sutin and senior
Kai Wills at the top-spot. First-year
Kaden Sigurdsson and senior
Spencer Loucks earned the River Otters' lone doubles win, edging Ryley Chang and Joshua Dela Cruz 7-6 (7) at No. 2.
In singles, Hose extended Pacific's lead to 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Bishnoi at No. 4. Sigurdsson cut the deficit to 2-1, defeating Dela Cruz 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1. Sutin tied the match at 2-2 with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Nguyen at second singles.
Chang gave Pacific a 3-2 advantage with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 win over McDermott at No. 5. Kinoshita clinched the match for the Boxers with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Wills at third singles, pushing the lead to 4-2. Junior
Bridger Galyardt closed the day with a win at No. 6, rallying past Lucas Fuhrmann 6-7 (5), 6-3, 1-0 (10-4) in a match tiebreak to set the final score at 4-3.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Loucks and Sigurdsson have won three straight matches as a doubles team and improved to 10-1 in NWC play.
- Sutin improved to 9-2 at No. 2 singles and earned his 10th conference win of the season.
- Sigurdsson recorded his 10th singles win and 21st combined victory between doubles and singles.
- The River Otters hold a one-match lead over the Boxers for the third seed in next weekend's NWC Tournament.
WHAT'S NEXT
Lewis & Clark hosts Linfield University on Sunday at 11 a.m. in the home finale at the L&C Tennis Dome.
