WALLA WALLA, Wash. – Trekking up to Eastern Washington to play two neutral site matches before the start of Northwest Conference play, the No. 33 ranked Linfield Wildcats took care of the Lewis-Clark State Warriors, 9-0.
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Linfield is now 3-2 in dual matches this season, while Lewis-Clark State falls to 3-5 overall.
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DOUBLES
Linfield rolled with the same lineup it has used for the majority of the season with
Tessa Kern and
Lexie Matsunaga winning at No. 1 doubles, 8-3 over Begona Andres and Laura Diaz.
Riley Clayeux and
Michelle Uyeda were the first match to finish with an 8-2 win over Sophie Uhlenkott and Laura Rosselli.
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Haley Fujimori and
Maggie Fiocchi secured the sweep in the doubles round, winning 8-1.
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SINGLES
Andres started her match Uyeda taking the first set 6-0, but Uyeda took the next two sets, 6-1, 6-2 to win at the No. 1 singles spot. Clayeux downed Diaz 7-5, 6-2 at the second singles spot.
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Reigning Norhwest Conference Student-Athlete of the Week,
Lexie Matsunaga was the first singles match to finish, winning 6-1, 6-2 over Rosselli.
Allena Wong won 6-3, 6-1 over Alexis Maison while Fujimori won 6-0, 6-0 over Uhlenkott and Fiocchi also won 6-0, 6-0 over Kyla Collier.
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UP NEXT
Linfield takes on Gustavus Adolphus on Sunday morning at 9 a.m. on the campus of Whitman College in Walla Walla before starting conference play against Willamette at home on Saturday at 11 a.m.
