The Lewis-Clark State College women’s tennis team picked up a pair of key victories by steamrolling Southern Oregon 8-1 and then defeating the University of Alberta 6-3 in Region I round-robin play at the LCSC Tennis Center on Friday. 

The round-robin tournament will help decide the top team in Region I, which will receive an automatic berth to the national tournament. Because these teams won’t meet again or play in a regional tournament at the end of the season, the round-robin format will go a long way in determining the national tournament representative. 

Against Southern Oregon, LCSC swept the six singles matches and then won five of six against Alberta.  

In other play thus far, Alberta defeated Southern Oregon 7-2, while Southern Oregon wrapped up round-robin play at 1-2 with a 7-2 win over the College of Idaho. 

College of Idaho and Alberta meet at noon on Saturday, while LCSC faces College of Idaho on Sunday at 9:30 a.m., and then squares off against Eastern Washington at 1 p.m.   

LCSC 8, SOUTHERN OREGON 1

Singles (scores unavailable) – Shefat Baishaki, LCSC, def. Katie Ross; Jamie Chan, LCSC, def. Charlotte Duren; Kaylan Crane, LCSC, def. Heidi chiles; Alyson Peck, LCSC, def. Erin Bruni; Megan Smedley, LCSC, def. Becca Weicher; Elaine Lee, LCSC, def. Rachel Malapit.

Doubles – Ross-Weicher, SOU, def. Crane-Chan, 8-6; Mei Fong-Peck, LCSC, def. Bruni-Duren, 8-1; Smedley-Chelsea Gay, LCSC, def. Heidi Chiles-Malapit, 8-1.

LCSC 6, ALBERTA 3

Singles – Baishakhi, LCSC, def. Susanne Fleischhacker, 7-5; 6-0; Olga Webber, Alberta, def. Jamie Chan, 6-7, 7-5, 6-3; Crane, LC, def. Ingrid McKibbin, 6-3, 0-6, 6-0; Peck def. Sara Hollinshead, 6-2; 6-2; Smedley, LCSC, def. Rosaleen McLarney, 6-1, 6-1; Fong def. Natasha Melnychuk, 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles – Fleischhacker-McKibbin, Alberta, def. Baishakhi-Chan, 8-4; Fong-Smedley, LCSC, def. Weber-Hollinshead 8-4; Crane-Peck, LCSC, def. McLarney-Melnychuk, 8-0.