CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sometimes the box scores can be deceiving and that's exactly what happened Friday afternoon as Cal Lutheran fell to No. 2 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 8-1 in match that was a lot closer than the score indicated. The Regals took three different singles matches to three sets against the top rated team in the region.
CMS, did however, cruise to three points in the doubles matches. The No. 1 duo of Crystal Lim and Caroline Ward defeated Cal Lutheran's Emily Werman and Jacqueline Ramsay 8-0. CLU's No. 2 doubles pairing of Lindsay Murphy and Carly Mouzes also fell 8-0 to Yvonne Likomanova and Sarah Kukino. CMS got the final doubles match win with Erin Coughlan and Victoria Nichols defeated Lauren Toohey and Sarah Baker 8-3.
The Regals wouldn't go down without a fight in the singles matches however. After Lim defeated Murphy 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 1 singles match, Werman took the first set 6-2 against Likomanova in the No. 2 match. Likomanova rallied to take the second set 6-2 to send the match into a third set tie-breaker. Werman battled neck-and-neck with Likomanova before she fell 10-8 in the tie-break.
In the No. 3 singles match, Baker dropped the first set to Coughlin 6-1 but rallied to win the second 6-4. Much like Werman, Baker hung on tough in the tie-breaker but couldn't quite get over the hump as Coughlin took the third-set 10-6.
Mouzes won her first set against Nichols in the No. 4 singles match 6-4. Nichols rebounded with a 6-2 victory in the second-set to send CLU and CMS to their third-straight match that needed a tie-breaker. Mouzes initially led but couldn't quite hold on as she fell 10-7 to Nichols.
After falling in three-straight tie-breakers, Toohey broke through for Cal Lutheran's first point of the day when she defeated Sheena Patel 7-5, 6-4.
Cal Lutheran (4-14 overall, 1-4 SCIAC) will have a chance to quickly avenge the loss as it travels to Whittier, Saturday, April 6 to take on the Poets. The match is set to get underway at 10:00 a.m.
Results: CMS 8 CLU 1
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