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Regals Place Fourth at SCIAC Championships

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CLAREMONT, Calif. - At the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships over the weekend, the Cal Lutheran women's tennis team captured a fourth place finish, its best conference finish since 2012, after defeating La Verne on Friday and then falling to Pomona-Pitzer and Redlands.

CLU def. LV 5-1
After a rain delay of three hours, the No. 4 seeded Regals finally took to the courts at Poulson Tennis Center and handed No. 5 seed La Verne a 5-1 defeat. The pair of Gianna Cupo and Christie Kurdys downed Shenelle Trujillo and Savanah Goode, 8-5, at No. 2 doubles while Emily Werman and Annette Sousa took care of business with an 8-2 win at No. 3.

With a 2-1 lead heading into singles competition, the Regals cruised to victory in its three completed singles matches. Kurdys swept past Trujillo 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4 while Gold won her match at No. 5, 6-0, 6-1 and Sousa clinched No. 6 singles with a 6-1, 6-3 final tally.

PP def. CLU 9-0
Going up against the No. 1 seed in Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday, the Regals fell 9-0. Werman and Sousa had the closest score, 8-4, in a loss at No. 3 doubles and all six singles matches went in favor of the Sagehens in straight sets. Werman and Cupo were both able to win three games in a set to lead CLU.

UR def. CLU 6-3
In the third place match on Sunday, the Regals were edged 6-3 by the Redlands Bulldogs to earn fourth place in the championships. Cupo and Kurdys defeated Elizabeth Johnson and Kate Dolan, 8-3, at No. 2 doubles but CLU trailed 2-1 heading into singles.

At No. 1 singles, Cupo battled Natalie Etchegaray to a third set tiebreaker but fell just short 6-7, 6-3, 10-8. The singles wins came from Werman at No. 3 after a 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 defeat over Lauren Villanueva and Kurdys took down Johnson at No. 4, 7-6, 7-5.

Cal Lutheran wraps up its successful season with a 13-6, 6-5 SCIAC record and will graduate just one senior in Rebecca Drake.

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Players Mentioned

Gianna Cupo

Gianna Cupo

5' 4"
Sophomore
Rebecca Drake

Rebecca Drake

5' 2"
Senior
Christie Kurdys

Christie Kurdys

5' 3"
Freshman
Annette Sousa

Annette Sousa

5' 2"
Sophomore
Emily Werman

Emily Werman

5' 5"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Gianna Cupo

Gianna Cupo

5' 4"
Sophomore
Rebecca Drake

Rebecca Drake

5' 2"
Senior
Christie Kurdys

Christie Kurdys

5' 3"
Freshman
Annette Sousa

Annette Sousa

5' 2"
Sophomore
Emily Werman

Emily Werman

5' 5"
Junior