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Westmont’s Abbott Tennis Courts hosted a match-up of ranked women’s teams on Tuesday afternoon, but unfortunately for the Warriors, the visiting Lions of Vanguard claimed a 6-3 Golden State Athletic Conference win. Vanguard, ranked ninth in the NAIA, took a 2-1 lead in doubles play over the twenty-first ranked Warriors and then won four of six singles matches.

Sophomore Ilissa Mathews and junior Cassie Strange notched an 8-3 win at number one doubles over the Lions’ Hana Jurcovicova and Maria Fernanda Xavier. The match marked the first time either player had recorded a win against a Vanguard opponent.

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Westmont Women’s Tennis avenged a previous 5-4 loss to Hope International on Thursday afternoon when it defeated the #21 Royals by a score of 7-2 at the Abbott Tennis Courts. The Royals brought only five players to the match and were forced to forfeit the number three doubles and number six singles matches, spotting Westmont two points.

“It is deceptive some times when you start a match knowing that your opponent is a player down,” said Head Coach Kathy LeSage. “You have to be careful about how you approach it. You can be overconfident, or you can over-react and play too cautiously.”

Fortunately for the Warriors, they did not fall into either of those extremes.

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Playing without their number one or two singles players who were out with the flu, Westmont Women’s Tennis (4-6) suffered a 6-3 loss to the Tigers of Occidental (3-7) on Tuesday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts.

In doubles action, Kristen Lee and Christina Klein teamed up for an 8-2 win on the number one court over Krishnaveni Subbiah and Jennifer Wahba

“The doubles was very fun,” said Lee. “Christina and I actually haven’t played together for the last two matches. (Head coach) Kathy (LeSage) has been working different combinations. We call each other ‘Ying’ and ‘Yang’. Absence makes the heart grow fonder so we just had a lot of fun out there. We were working the points really well.”

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Westmont Women’s Tennis claimed its third victory in the last five days by defeating The Master’s (0-5, 0-3 GSAC) in Santa Clarita by a score of 9-0.

The Master’s gave the Warriors a three-point head start by forfeiting the number five and six singles matches as well as the number three doubles match. But the advantage turned out to be unnecessary as the Warriors won all six matches that were contested.

In doubles action, Westmont’s Cassie Strange and Kristen Lee earned an 8-2 victory at number one singles, defeating Hannah Leake and Courtney Ringler. On the number two court, Ilissa Mathews and Sarah Kamida defeated Jennifer Baughman and Erigena Sallaku by the same score.

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Westmont Women’s Tennis (1-4, 0-4 GSAC) suffered an 8-1 loss to Azusa Pacific (4-0, 4-0 GSAC) on Tuesday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts on the Montecito campus.

“Overall, I was pleased,” said head coach Kathy LeSage about her team’s performance against the third ranked team in the NAIA. “I thought we came out and fought hard. Overall, I thought we played the first sets tough. I was a little disappointed that the score indicated that we didn’t try as hard in some of the second sets.”

Westmont’s only win came at number two singles where Cassie Strange defeated Casey Wetzig by scores of 6-2, 6-2.

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Nineteenth ranked Westmont Women’s Tennis traveled to Fullerton on Wednesday to make up for a rainout on Tuesday against Hope International (3-1, 1-1 GSAC). The postponement did not seem to help the Warriors who fell to the Royals by a score of 5-4 in the Golden State Athletic Conference match.

Westmont (1-2, 0-2 GSAC) led 2-1 after doubles play but could not turn their advantage into a victory. Seniors Kristen Lee and Christina Klein earned an 8-4 victory at number two doubles over Hope’s Minette Steyn and Kristine Brock. On the number three court Sarah Kamida and Sarah Louie picked up an 8-3 victory over Brittney Munoz and Kelly Galligan.

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#19 Westmont Women’s Tennis opened Golden State Athletic Conference action against #8 Point Loma Nazarene on a cold and breezy Thursday afternoon at the Abbott Tennis Courts. The Warriors (1-1, 0-1 GSAC) had hoped to begin building a case for a National Tournament bid by upsetting the Sea Lions (1-0, 1-0 GSAC), but it was Point Loma Nazarene who notched an 8-1 victory.

In doubles action, Point Loma’s Kristin Strimple and Kim Haynes defeated Ilissa Matthews and Cassie Strange 8-4 at number one. On the number three court, Isablla Tumini and Samantha Mohr picked up another point for the Sea Lions by defeating Sarah Kamida and Sarah Louie 8-3.

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