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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