WALLA WALLA, Wash. – In a meeting of two nationally-ranked teams, the No. 33 ranked Linfield Wildcats defeated the No. 37 ranked Gustavus Adolphus Gusties, 7-1 on Sunday morning at the Bratton Indoor Tennis Center on the campus of Whitman College, with the final match of the day not finishing.
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Linfield is now 4-2 overall prior to the first conference matches, while the Gusties are 1-5.
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DOUBLES
Linfield had another strong showing in the doubles round with
Lexie Matsunaga and
Tessa Kern defeating Ginger Valentine and Simona Potockova, 8-2.
Michelle Uyeda and
Riley Clayeux took the second doubles match, 8-2 over Hannah Borgh and Syndey Douglas.
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In the third doubles match,
Haley Fujimori and
Maggie Fiocchi defeated Anna Stutz and Emily Norman, 8-3.
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SINGLES
The Wildcats took all but one singles matches that finished. In the sixth singles match, Fujimori and Norman were tied at set a piece with both sets going to tiebreakers, but it was cut short due to travel reservations for the Gusties.
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Uyeda defeated Valentine, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 singles. Kern defeated Potockova at the No. 2 singles match with a score of 6-7 (3-7), 6-2 and 11-9 in the third set 10-point tiebreaker. Stutz took the lone point for the Gusties, defeating Clayeux, 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 3-10.
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The freshman duo of Matsunaga and
Allena Wong dropped just three games on their ways to wins in singles. Matsunaga downed Rachel Lindrud, 6-1, 6-1 while Wong took a 6-0, 6-1 match win over Douglas.
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UP NEXT
Linfield begins Northwest Conference next weekend, hosting Willamette on Saturday at 11 a.m. and trekking up to Forest Grove to face Pacific on Sunday at 11 a.m.
