Beemsterboer wins in singles, but Lutes fall 8-1 to Boxers

By Samantha Lund, Sports Information Student Writer

HILSBORO, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran's women's tennis team might have only brought home one match win, but the team made the Boxers earn every match, battling it out through multiple third set tiebreakers.

In one doubles, Caroline Dreher and Megan Beyers forced Pacific's Kaitlyn Lomartire and Chantelle Baclay into extra games ending in a close 8-5 loss. Emily Bower and Emily Beemsterboer also had a close match with an 8-4 loss while Lilly Le and Ingrid Ericksen took an 8-2 loss at three doubles.

Singles continued with similar scores, but Dreher, Beemsterboer and Le found extra power through singles. At four, Beemsterboer gave PLU its single win over Pacific's Kanani Kea 6-4, 6-3.

Dreher, at one, took the first set but lost her stride through the second, taking a third set loss at 7-5, 3-6 (6-10). Le also had a close match at five. After winning the first set quickly, Le dropped the second and ended with a 6-2, 6-7 (7-10) loss.

"I hope we keep the same momentum of today's match through to tomorrow's," Emily Beemsterboer said.

NEXT UP

The Lutes face off against Willamette at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at Sprinker Recreation Center.