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Men's Tennis' 2026 seniors pose for a photo with their families before their Senior Day match
Charlie Bastunskiy '26
7
Winner Whitman College WC-M (13-5, 12-0 NWC)
0
Lewis and Clark LCMT26 (8-9, 8-4 NWC)
Winner
Whitman College WC-M
(13-5, 12-0 NWC)
7
Final
0
Lewis and Clark LCMT26
(8-9, 8-4 NWC)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Seth Orensky

Men's Tennis Celebrates Seniors, Falls To NWC Regular-Season Champions Whitman

The River Otters celebrated the team's four seniors prior to their second-to-last home match

PORTLAND, Ore.—Lewis & Clark College men's tennis honored their four seniors, before the team's match against Northwest Conference Regular-Season Champions Whitman College on Sunday. 
 
THE BASICS 
 
Whitman 7, Lewis & Clark 0 
(Lewis & Clark 8-9, NWC 8-4) 
(Whitman 13-5, NWC 12-0) 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
 
Prior to the match, the River Otters celebrated seniors Landon Cronin, Spencer Loucks, Wade McDermott and Kai Wills. The quartet were all playing their second-to-last home match at the L&C Tennis Dome.
 
Lewis & Clark put up a stiff fight against one the top team in the NWC this year and nearly posted four victories. 
 
Whitman got off to a strong start. Hanri Luo and Guillermo Rodriguez posted a 6-1 win over McDermott and junior Bridger Galyardt at third doubles. 
 
Lewis & Clark countered with a win at number two doubles. Loucks and first year Kaden Sigurdsson recorded a 6-2 win over Charles Rush and Artem Manov. 
 
In the deciding match for doubles, the two teams went to a tiebreaker at first doubles. Alexander Stage and Niklas Jensen held off Wills and junior Noah Sutin 7-6 (7-4). 
 
Jensen extended the Blues lead to 2-0, when he opened singles play with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Sutin at second singles. 
 
The visitors added to their lead at third singles. Rodriguez defeated McDermott 6-2, 6-2 to push the lead to 3-0. 
 
Luo added a straight-set win at sixth singles, when he knocked off Galyardt 6-0, 6-0. 
 
Wills played the most competitive singles match of the day for Lewis & Clark at third singles. After dropping the first set 6-2 to Manov, he roared back with a 6-4 win in the second set. The two would go to a tiebreaker in the third set and Manov would ultimately win 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (7-0).
 
Rush pushed the Whitman lead to 6-0 when he earned a 6-3, 6-3 win over Loucks at fifth singles. 
 
In the final match of the day to finish, Sigurdsson went the distance with Whitman's top singles player. The first year dropped the first set in a tiebreaker 7-6 (7-5). He came back to win the second set 7-5. Stage bounced back and defeated Sigurdsson 7-6 (7-5), 5-7, 6-3. 
 
BY THE NUMBERS 
  • Lewis & Clark's senior class has combined to win 36 matches over the past four seasons.
  • Despite the loss, the River Otters clinched a spot in the four-team Northwest Conference Tournament this weekend. The River Otters own an 8-4 record and a two-game lead over George Fox University (6-6) and Pacific University (6-6). The Bruins and Boxers play on Sunday, which means only one of the two teams could potentially catch the third-place River Otters. Lewis & Clark can finish no lower than third with a win over Pacific (Saturday) or Linfield (Sunday). 
  • Sutin and Wills played their second tiebreaker in doubles of the week and third this season. The pair are 0-3 in doubles tiebreakers this year but sport an 11-6 record in all other doubles matches. 
  • Sigurdsson and Loucks went 2-0 on the weekend at second doubles and have won six of their past seven matches. 
WHO'S NEXT 
 
Lewis & Clark will open the final weekend of the regular season on Saturday, when they travel to take on Pacific University at 10 a.m. The River Otters defeated the Boxers 5-2 on March 7 in the first meeting between the two sides. 
 
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