Bearcats Play East Texas Baptist to Start Spring Break Trip

Alexa de Crinis hits a groundstroke for the Bearcats. — Alexa de Crinis (So., Makawao, HI/Seabury Hall School)

March 26, 2024

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Willamette	East Texas Baptist
Score	0	9

Doubles

Monique Ybarra / Addy Seward def. Suzuki, Richelle / Groener, Anika 8-1
Jayde Childress / Bailey Smith def. Lief, Eva / de Crinis, Alexa 8-4
Isabelle Duarte / Kristyn Dunn def. Sola, Alicia / Thompson, Ruby 8-1

Singles

Monique Ybarra def. de Crinis, Alexa 6-1 , 6-2
Addy Seward def. Suzuki, Richelle 6-1 , 6-0
Bailey Smith def. Groener, Anika 6-2 , 6-3
Isabelle Duarte def. Lief, Eva 6-2 , 6-2
Jayde Childress def. Thompson, Ruby 6-1 , 6-1
Kristyn Dunn def. Sola, Alicia 6-1 , 6-1

By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

WILLS POINT, Texas -- Willamette University's #2 doubles team of Alexa de Crinis (So., Makawao, HI/Seabury Hall School) and Eva Lief (Fy., Anchorage, AK/West Anchorage HS) played a strong match before falling to Jayde Childress and Bailey Smith of East Texas Baptist University, 8-4, on Tuesday, March 26 at the Wills Point High School Courts. The Tigers also won the overall match, 9-0, as the ETBU women's tennis team improved to 11-1. Willamette dropped to 3-7 on the season.

The win by Childress and Smith helped the Tigers build a 3-0 lead in doubles and gain momentum heading into the singles matches. Also winning in doubles for ETBU were Monique Ybarra and Addy Seward in the #1 match against Richelle Suzuki (Jr., Mililani, HI/Mililani HS) and Anika Groener (Sr., Bend, OR/Summit HS), and Isabelle Duarte and Kristyn Dunn versus Ruby Thompson (Grad., Bay City, OR/Tillamook HS) and Alicia Sola (Fy., Aumsville, OR/Cascade HS) in the #3 match. The wins at #1 and #3 doubles were both by 8-1 scores.

Although the Tigers won all six singles matches, Groener provided a solid effort at the #3 position, especially in the second set, as she lost to Smith, 6-2, 6-3. At #4 singles, Duarte defeated Lief, 6-2, 6-2. Ybarra downed de Crinis at #1 singles, 6-1, 6-2. Other winners in singles were Seward at #2, Childress at #5, and Dunn at #6.

Willamette will be back in action on Wednesday, March 27, when the Bearcats will take on McMurry University in Abilene, Texas. Match time is slated for 10 a.m. CDT / 8 a.m. PDT.