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NEWBERG, Ore. – Showing why they are the seven-time
defending Northwest Conference champions, the Linfield College
Wildcats swept every match in a 9-0 defeat of the George Fox
University Bruins in women's tennis action Friday afternoon
here at the GFU campus courts.
The Wildcats took the doubles matches while losing only one
game. Linfield's Sallie Katter and Sophie
Larson downed George Fox's Corinne Borrelli and Mollee
Robinson 8-1 at No. 1, Sarah Click and Abby Olbrich swept Courtney
Banks and Betsy Ann Penman 8-0 at No. 2, and Sarah Watanabe and
Kiana Nip blanked Lauren Miller and Liliya Abildayev 8-0 at No. 3.
The Bruins put up a more spirited fight in several of the singles
matches but could not pull any of them out.
Katter dropped Borrelli 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1; Larson downed Banks 6-2,
6-2 at No. 2; Nip knocked off Robinson 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3; Click
swept Penman 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4; Watanabe nudged Abildayev 6-1, 6-4
at No. 5; and Katie Patterson beat Miller 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6.
Georg e Fox (1-4, NWC 1-4) next visits Lewis & Clark College
while Linfield (5-2, NWC 5-0) hosts Pacific University, both
matches Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
