MCMINNVILLE, Ore. – Taking two out of the last three matches that finished, the Lewis & Clark Pioneers grabbed the narrow 5-4 win over the Linfield Wildcats on Sunday at the Linfield Tennis Center, with fans in attendance for the first time in 2021 on the outdoor courts.
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Sunday's match does not affect the Northwest Conference standings. Linfield is now 2-6 on the season, Lewis & Clark is 7-4 overall.
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SINGLES
The Wildcats had the 2-1 edge after doubles, but the Pioneers tied the match at two with Riley Vickers defeating
Michael Manion, 6-3, 6-1 at second singles. Lewis & Clark took the 3-2 lead by winning third singles, where Shane Lynette won 7-6 (11-9), 6-3 over
Cameron Ventura.
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Playing at sixth singles,
Ethan Myers defeated John Fiocco by a score of 7-5, 6-2 to tie it at three with three singles matches left to finish. Lewis & Clark inched closer to the win by leading 4-3 after Daniel Lane won at No. 4 singles over
Josef Shum, 7-5, 6-2.
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The Pioneers clinched the match at first singles, where Kristen Peev won 6-4, 6-4 over
Blake Fuentes Gilbert.
Isaac Milner came back from losing the first set to beat Atticus Pallock at fifth singles. The score in that match was 6-7 (6-8), 6-1, 6-2 in favor of Linfield.
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DOUBLES
Peev and Vickers won 8-4 at second doubles over Myers and
Will Worth in the first match to finish. Fuentes Gilbert and Shum won at third doubles over Lane and Fiocco by a score of 8-3.
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Linfield grabbed the 2-1 advantage after doubles thanks to Manion and Ventura winning at first doubles by a score of 8-6 over Lynette and Ramez Attia.
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UP NEXT
Linfield plays two conference matches next weekend, hosting Pacific on Saturday at 11 a.m. and at Puget Sound on Sunday, April 18 at 2 p.m.
