THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Cal Lutheran Kingsmen dominated the Whittier Poets 7-2 Saturday afternoon to guarantee their spot at the SCIAC Championships.

Cal Lutheran took the doubles victory 2-1 to start match. Yahn Gawrit and Lucas Tilly kicked things off with a 8-1 performance on court one and were soon followed by a 8-3 win on court two by Dara Kashani and Andrew Tufenkian. Ransom Braaten and Joshua Legardy fought toe-to-toe, but ultimately fell 8-6 on court three.

The Kingsmen came up even stronger in singles play, though, taking all but one match. Braaten notched the first point on court two (6-1, 6-4), followed soon behind by another win on court four by Kashani (6-4, 6-3).

Taking the third singles point, Mike Sulahian came back after losing the first set 1-6, to take the next two 7-6 (4) and 6-0. Gawrit followed suit on court one after falling 4-6 in the first set to defeat his opponent 6-0 and 6-2 in the following two sets.

Whittier's lone singles victory came on court six as Sebastian Ariza took the match to three sets, but ended up falling 2-6, 6-4, 2-6. Wrapping things up, Tilly also fell in the first set to his opponent, but came back to win 5-7, 7-5, 10-3.

The victory secures the Kingsmen's spot in the SCIAC Championships on May 4th. Prior to the conference postseason tournament, Cal Lutheran will compete at the NCAA Division III West Regional Championships on April 27-29.

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