SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- The 11th-ranked Williams College men's tennis team (6-2) took on the Warriors of Westmont College (5-6) and prevailed, 9-0, in the Ephs' penultimate match on the west coast.

 

Westmont had won its last three matches and was 2-0 at home this season, while the Ephs entered off a win over No. 14 Pomona Pitzer their last time out.

 

Williams used its normal doubles lineup to begin the match and then altered the singles lineup, giving several players a chance to compete in a West Coast match. The closest doubles match was at No. 2, where Alex Taylor and Calvin Chung won 8-6.

 

In singles play, Deepak Indrakanti at No. 2, Ben Lebowitz at No. 4, and Christopher Wu at No. 6 won in straight sets.

 

Williams will close out its spring break West Coast trip with a match at No. 3 Claremont Mudd Scripps Tuesday.

 

Women's Tennis

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Williams continued its undefeated season with a victory over University of California San Diego on Monday, overcoming the Tritons 7-2.

 

The Ephs went 2-1 in doubles play. In second doubles, Juli Raventos nd Korina Neveux secured a victory by a score of 8-2, finishing first. UC San Diego got on the board with a victory against Ephs Leah Bush and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio, 8-5. Sophomore Chloe Henderson paired up with senior Julia Cancio in first doubles, battling to an 8-7(6) victory over Tritons Ashley Chao and Becky Chou.

 

San Diego bounced back in the second singles match, however, as Chou overcame Henderson 6-3, 6-0 in second singles bringing the overall score to a 2-2 tie. The Ephs bore down from there, securing the next five matches for the victory. Raventos clinched the day by defeating Chao 6-1 in the first set before battling to a 7-6(6) victory in the second. Mia Gancayco and Neveux secured victories in straight sets for Williams while Emily Zheng and McDonnel Nieto del Rio dropped their first sets before bouncing back to earn wins.

 

Williams returns to action on Wednesday, with a match against San Diego Christian College.

 

Baseball

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Williams collected 13 hits but dropped its seventh straight contest, an 11-4 decision to Cal Lutheran.

 

Williams (1-7) is off Tuesday. The Ephs are at LaVerne Wednesday.

 

Erik Pappas was 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Williams. Mike Stamas and Schaffer each were 2-for-3. Adam Regensburg went 2-for-5.

 

Softball

CLERMONT, Fla. — Two strong pitching performances lifted the Williams College to two more victories Monday as the Ephs defeated Kalamazoo 11-4 and then knocked off St. Olaf, 10-2, in five innings. 

 

Williams improved to 11-3 with the sweep. The Ephs conclude their trip to Florida with games Tuesday against Wisconsin-Whitewater and Buffalo State.

 

In the first game Monday, Mackenzie Murphy returned from an injury to hurl 6-1/3 innings of no-hit softball, lifting the Ephs to an 11-4 victory over Kalamazoo. Lexi Curt smacked her sixth home run of the season. 

 

Williams opened the game with a four-run first inning. Jessica Kim led off the game with a double and Curt followed with her home run to left for a quick 2-0 lead. Rebecca Duncan, Kirstin Mapes and Riley Salvo followed with consecutive singles that loaded the bases with no outs and prompted Kalamazoo to make a pitching change after five batters. Consecutive bases-loaded walks to Casey Pelz and Brenna Martinez brought in two more runs for the four-run advantage. 

 

Lexi Curt opened the second inning with a single and Duncan's single down the right-field line pushed her to third. Mapes followed with a double into the right-center field gap to chase home both runners for a 6-0 lead. In the Ephs' third, Cris McElhinney led off with a single, went to second on an error and scored when Curt lined a double down the left-field line for a 7-0 lead.

 

After three hitless innings, Murphy came out of the circle and Emma Corbett replaced her. But two outs and four runs later, Murphy was back and she went the final 3-1/3 innings without allowing Kalamazoo a hit. Her totals were 6-1/3 innings, no hits, one walk and nine strikeouts as she improved to 3-0. 

 

The Ephs added three in the fifth when Pelz rocketed a three-run, bases-clearing double to right center and one more in the seventh on Salvo's sacrifice fly. Williams had 17 hits in the win. Curt was 3 for 4 with 3 RBI. Duncan was 3-for-5 with four runs scored. Mapes was 2-for-2 with two RBIs. Dacia Green was 2-for-3. Salvo and McElhinney were each 2-for-4. 

 

In the St. Olaf game, Williams took a 1-0 lead in the first when Kim led off by striking out but reaching on a wild pitch. Two wild pitches and an error later, she was home for a 1-0 lead. The Ephs added two more in the second. After a Brenna Martinez double and a wild pitch, an error on Jenny Hickey's grounder made it 2-0. Curt scored Hickey with a single to left center. Five more runs in the fourth innings gave the Ephs an 8-0 lead. Martinez belted her second double of the game and scored on a Hickey RBI-single. A squeeze bunt by Kim brought in one run and a second scored on a throwing error on that play. Pelz capped the rally with a two-run double to left. 

 

After St. Olaf scored two unearned runs in the top of the fifth to make it 8-2, the Ephs ended the game with Curt's two-run, "walk-off" double in the bottom of the fifth. 

 

Duncan went all five for the win, allowing five hits and two runs, both unearned, while walking one and striking out eight. Williams had nine hits. Martinez was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two runs scored. Curt was 2-for-4 with a double, three RBIs and a run scored.