McMINNVILLE, Ore. – In the first match of Northwest Conference play, the Linfield Wildcats defeated the Willamette Bearcats, 9-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Linfield Tennis.
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The Wildcats are now 5-2 on the season and 1-0 in NWC matches while the Bearcats fall to 0-7 overall and 0-1 in conference matches. After dropping the first two matches of the season to Division I opponents, Linfield has won five straight matches.
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DOUBLES
Haley Fujimori and
Maggie Fiocchi were the first doubles match to finish sweeping the Bearcats' pair of Paisley Lieske and Rebecca Griffith, 8-0.
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The senior duo of
Riley Clayeux and
Michelle Uyeda defeated Willamette's Sarah Dean and Siena Ginsberg by the score of 8-3, which was also the score of
Allena Wong and
Lexie Matsunaga's win over Alyssa Oberg and Sylvia Marr, the last doubles match to finish.
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SINGLES
Clayeux was the first singles match to finish, beating Siena Ginsberg, 6-2, 6-2. Matsunaga finish second, beating Marr by the score of 6-1, 6-1.
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In the last match of the first round of the singles matches,
Tessa Kern claimed a 6-2, 6-2 win over Sarah Dean.
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Wong won 6-0,6-0 over Oberg, while Fujimori defeated Griffith, 6-0, 6-0. Fiocchi took a 6-1, 6-0 win over Paisley in the last match of the day.
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UP NEXT
Linfield treks up to Forest Grove on Sunday to face Pacific at 11 a.m before hosting two matches next weekend.
