SPOKANE, WA – LC State Women’s Tennis, receiving votes in the national poll, traveled up north for a busy Sunday with matches against The College of Idaho and NCAA Division III Whitworth. The Warriors blasted past C of I 7-0 before handling the Pirates 5-2.
MATCH ONE: LC State def. The College of Idaho 7-0
The Warriors jumped out to an early lead over the Yotes after they took the doubles point. Junior duo Lulu Monnayoo and Ana Govea defeated their opponents in No. 1 doubles 6-2. In No. 3 doubles, Carisa Liebenberg and Gwyn Heim continued the dominance as the juniors breezed past their opponents 6-1 to lock down the doubles point for LC State.
The Warrior women impressed in singles play as they didn’t drop a single set throughout the entire match. Govea had the strongest win in No. 5 singles where she dropped only one game in her 6-0, 6-1 victory.
Senior Naiara Montero showed out against her opponent in No. 2 singles. She only dropped one game in each of her two sets. She won the first set 6-1 and duplicated that score with another 6-1 win in the second.
In No. 6 singles, sophomore Sonam Chuki Dorji dominated set one with a 6-0 victory over her opponent. She then followed up in set two with a 6-2 win to secure the match.
MATCH TWO: LC State def. Whitworth 5-2
In No. 2 doubles, Heim and Larissa Couto defeated their opponents 6-3 to give the Warriors a strong start in doubles play. Whitworth claimed victories in No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to secure the doubles point for the Pirates.
Monnayoo blanked her opponent in the top singles match. She won the contest 6-0, 6-0 for an impressive victory without dropping a game.
Heim took her momentum from doubles play into singles action and handled her opponent. She took both sets 6-1 to secure another point for the Warrior women.
In No. 2 singles, Montero won the first set 6-3. After her opponent took the second set, Montero came back with a 6-3 victory in set three to secure the point for the Warriors.
UP NEXT
The Warrior women will travel to Indiana to face off against Indiana Wesleyan on March 19 and Grace (Ind.).
