Nationally Ranked Pioneers Down Bearcats, 9-0, in Women's Tennis

Mikaila Smith (So., Mill Valley, CA/Tamalpais HS)

March 5, 2016

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Willamette University	Lewis & Clark College
Score	0	9

Doubles

Garrison, Summer / Garrison, Aurora def. Smith, Mikaila / Gjurasic, Alexis 8-0
Plawska, Wiktoria / Incerpi, Kacey def. Andres, Hannah / Cruz-Cruz, Naomi 8-0
Kelly, Natalie / Thomas, Carla def. Adams, Katie / DiPasquale, Allie 8-2

Singles

Garrison, Summer def. Smith, Mikaila 6-0 , 6-1
Garrison, Aurora def. Gjurasic, Alexis 6-0 , 6-0
O'Brien, Vika def. Andres, Hannah 6-0 , 6-0
Gee-Taylor, Glenna def. Adams, Katie 6-0 , 6-0
Fox, Adrienne def. DiPasquale, Allie 6-4 , 6-3
Kelly, Natalie def. Cruz-Cruz, Naomi 6-0 , 6-0

By Eric Spresser, Student Assistant Athletics Communications Director

Portland, Ore. -- Lewis & Clark College, ranked #20 in the NCAA Division III national rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA), defeated Willamette University, 9-0, on Saturday, March 5. Lewis and Clark improved to 7-0 on the season, 5-0 in the NWC, while Willamette fell to 0-4 overall, 0-4 in the NWC.

The Pioneers won all three doubles matches for a 3-0 lead. At #1 doubles, the Lewis & Clark team of Summer Garrison and Aurora Garrison defeated Mikaila Smith (So., Mill Valley, CA/Tamalpais HS) and Alexis Gjurasic (Fr., Olympia, WA/Capital HS) of Willamette, 8-0. Wiktoria Plawska and Kacey Incerpi took #2 doubles over Hannah Andres and Naomi Cruz-Cruz, 8-0. At #3 doubles, Natalie Kelly and Thomas Carla defeated Katie Adams (So., McLean, VA/American International School) and Allie DiPasquale (Fr., Seattle, WA/Seattle Academy), 8-2.

Lewis & Clark earned straight-set victories in all six singles matches.

In the #1 singles match, Summer Garrison rolled to a 6-0 win in the first set, and defeated Smith 6-1 in the second set. At #5 singles, Adrienne Fox of Lewis & Clark edged out Allie DiPasquale (Fr., Seattle, WA/Seattle Academy) in the first set, 6-4, and then took the second set, 6-3.

The Bearcats will play again on Sunday, March 6, when they host Pacific University in Northwest Conference action. Match time at the Courthouse Tennis Center is set for 1 p.m. (PST).