Linfield University Athletics

The Linfield women's tennis team beat the Lewis and Clark Pioneers 8-1 Saturday to wrap up the regular season.
 
Saturday's match was the final one at home for seniors Taryn Fujimori, Lexie Matsunaga and Allena Wong, who were all honored following the match.
 
Linfield finished the regular season on a six-match win streak with an 11-2 overall record, 7-1 against Northwest Conference opponents, and with a 5-1 record in McMinnville.
 
The Wildcats will be the two-seed in the NWC Tournament next weekend in Walla Walla, hosted by regular season champion Whitman.
 
DOUBLES
The 'Cats got started off on the right foot by sweeping the three doubles contests against the Pioneers (6-8, 3-3).
 
In the No. 1 doubles flight Matsunaga and Wong teamed up to down Lewis and Clark's Caren Uribe and Seraphina Vossen 8-3.
 
Matsunaga and Wong will take a 6-3 record when playing as Linfield No. 1 duo into the postseason.
 
In the No. 2 flight Fujimori and Emma Tuttle were forced to battle but eventually beat Kacie Lau and Susanna Anand 8-6.
 
Fujimori and Tuttle are now 7-2 as a pair and are riding a team-best five-match win streak.
 
And in the No. 3 Sarah Forester and Alexis Garner continued their strong play to improve to a team best 8-2 record with an 8-3 win over Hayley Kreps and Arielle Bloom.
 
SINGLES
With a 3-0 lead Linfield kept their strong play rolling into singles, winning the top five flights.
 
Fujimori was forced to an extra game in the first set of the top singles flight against Anand but cruised to victory in the second, winning 7-5, 6-0.
On the No. 2 line Matsunaga faced Uribe, managing a 6-3, 6-1 win to move her singles record to 6-3 on the season.
 
In the No. 3 contest Forester easily handled Bloom 6-2, 6-0. Forester is now a team-best 9-2 in singles on the season and will take a five-match win streak into the conference tournament.
 
In the fourth singles contest Wong beat Vossen 6-1, 6-3, improving to 7-3 on the season.
 
In the No. 5 Tuttle faced little resistance from Kreps, winning 6-2, 6-2. Tuttle's win served as the clincher for Linfield at 5-0.
 
Lewis and Clark's lone win of the day came in the No. 6 flight, with Lau beating freshman Lisa Ponti 6-1, 6-1.
 
NEXT
Linfield will use the week to prepare for the NWC Tournament before heading to Walla Walla, where competition begins Saturday in Walla Walla.
 
Joining the Blues (10-4, 8-0) and the Wildcats will be the George Fox Bruins (8-8, 5-2) as the No. 3 seed and the Pioneers as the No. 4 seed.
 
If the 'Cats clear the field they'll earn the NWC's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, which begins May 11.
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