MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – A clean 9-0 sweep of the Highline Community College Thunderbirds on Sunday afternoon at the Linfield Tennis Center provided the Linfield Wildcats their third-straight win, including two at home.
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The No. 33 ranked Wildcats gutted through for a 5-4 win over No. 18 Trinity on Saturday, but things were lot easier for the 'Cats on Sunday as they have a winning record for the first time this season.
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DOUBLES
Linfield went with
Michelle Uyeda and
Riley Clayeux in the first doubles spot, the freshmen duo of
Lexie Matsunaga and
Allena Wong in the No. 2 doubles spot and stuck with
Haley Fujimori and
Maggie Fiocchi in the final doubles spot. Linfield as a team dropped just two games in the doubles matches.
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Fujimori and Fiocchi finished first with an 8-0 win over Nikelle Price and Autumn Simpson, Uyeda and Clayeux finished second, defeating Highline's Laura Quinney and Marissa Nemeth, 8-1 and Matsunaga and Wong coasted to an 8-1 win over Miklya Olsen and Katie Giles.
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SINGLES
In the singles round, Uyeda picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win over Quinney and Matsunaga secured the match winning point for Linfield with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Olsen in the No. 3 singles match. Clayeux elevated to the No. 2 singles spot and defeated Nemeth 6-2, 6-1.
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In the second batch of singles matches, Wong defeated Lyndsee Fleury 6-0, 6-0 and Fujimori defeated Autumn Simpson 6-0, 6-0. Fiocchi took the final match of the afternoon, 6-1, 6-0.
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UP NEXT
Linfield heads up to Walla Walla to play two neutral site games next weekend, taking on Lewis-Clark State on Saturday at 2 p.m. and No. 37 Gustavus Adolphus on Saturday at 9 a.m.
