PUGET SOUND 6, GEORGE FOX 3: Bruins Win at Top but Bottom Out Against Loggers

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NEWBERG, Ore. – Despite picking up wins at No. 1 doubles and the top two singles positions, the George Fox University Bruins could do nothing with the rest of the University of Puget Sound lineup and dropped a 6-3 decision to the Loggers in a Northwest Conference men’s tennis match Friday afternoon here at the GFU campus courts.

With both teams seeking their first win of the season, the Bruins started off on the right foot with an 8-3 victory at No. 1 doubles, Ralf Schulz and Stefan Lagielski cutting down the Loggers’ Jamie Hosmer and Nick Kelley.  At No. 2, the Loggers’ Alex Harrison and Carl Larson pulled out an 8-6 win over Scott Barnett and Ross Budreau, while at No. 3, Scooter Sabel and Zac Peller doubled up the Bruins’ Garrett Thompson and Nick Jenness 8-4.

Barnett and Lagielski posted singles victories for the Bruins at No. 1 and No. 2 respectively, Barnett winning a tight one over Hosmer 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) and Lagielski downing Harrison 6-2, 6-3.  The Loggers took the remaining four singles, however, as Kelley upended Schulz 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3; Sabel jolted Jenness 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4; Peller beat Budreau 7-5, 6-2 at No. 5; and George Murphy topped Thompson 6-4, 6-0 at No. 6.

George Fox (0-8, NWC 0-8) hosts Willamette University Saturday in a match that has been moved from the GFU courts at 12:00 noon to the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton, Ore., at 1:00 p.m. due to expected steady rain.  Puget Sound (1-8, NWC 1-8) visits Lewis & Clark College Saturday at 11:00 a.m.