Box Score

BEAVERTON, Ore. – In their first “road” match of the season, the George Fox University Bruins dropped an 8-1 decision to the Pacific University Boxers in Northwest Conference men's tennis action Sunday afternoon here at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center.

The Bruins opened the season with two home matches, one of which was moved to Tualatin Hills because of wet courts at George Fox.  The Pacific match had already been scheduled for the indoor facility in Beaverton.

The Boxers started strong by taking all three doubles.  Micah Leo and Spencer Hing defeated the Bruins' Stefan Lagielski and Ralf Schulz 8-5 at No. 1, Michael Okada and Eric Furuya downed Scott Barnett and Nick Jenness 8-2 at No. 2, and Nhat Nguyen and Patrick Kinghorn topped Garrett Thompson and Ross Budreau 8-3 at No. 3.

The Bruins picked up their only win of the day when Barnett defeated Leo at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-1.  The Boxers took the remaining singles as Okada downed Lagielski 6-2, 7-6 at No. 1; Hing knocked off Jenness 6-2, 6-1 at No. 3; Furuya topped Schulz 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4; Nguyen swept Thompson 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5; and Kinghorn beat Budreau 6-2, 7-5 at No. 6.

George Fox (0-3, NWC 0-3) next heads for eastern Washington, taking on Whitworth University Friday at 4:00 p.m.  Pacific (2-0, NWC 2-0) plays Whitworth twice on Saturday, at 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.