PORTLAND, Ore. – Despite a late change in venue and time, the nationally-ranked Whitman College Missionaries remained unbowed in Northwest Conference men's tennis play as they downed the George Fox University Bruins 9-0 Tuesday morning here at Lewis & Clark College's Tennis Bubble.

The match had been originally scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the GFU campus courts, but due to rain in the area, the host Bruins were forced to look elsewhere, and the Lewis & Clark facility was the only one available and only at 9:00 a.m.  Undeterred, the Missionaries, ranked 21st in the NCAA Division III and 5th in the West Region, swept the Bruins, but had to go to third-set tiebreakers in the top two singles to do so.

In doubles, Whitman picked up wins as Adriel Borshansky and Jasper Follows defeated the Bruins' Stefan Lagielski and Nick Jenness 8-4 at No. 1, Conor Holten-Burke and Thomas Roston knocked off Scott Barnett and Ross Budreau 8-3 at No. 2, and David Deming and Jake Cappel downed Garrett Thompson and Scott Porter 8-2 at No. 3.

In singles, Cappel and Barnett split at No. 1, Cappel taking the first set 6-3 and Barnett the second 6-3, before Cappel won a 10-6 third-set tiebreaker.  The same thing happened at No. 2 as Lagielski took the opening set 6-4 for the Bruins before the Missionaries' Borshansky bounced back to take the second 6-1, then posted a 10-6 win in the third-set tiebreaker.

Whitman cruised through the rest of the matches as Follows dropped Jenness 6-0, 6-3 at No. 3; Roston blanked Budreau 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4; Holten-Burke halted Thompson 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5; and Deming downed Porter 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6.

George Fox (1-12, NWC 0-12) is off until the end of spring break, not playing again until Saturday, March 28, when the Bruins visit Lewis & Clark for an 11:00 a.m. match.  Whitman (10-2, NWC 10-0) is back in action Wednesday, playing at Willamette University at 11:00 a.m. and at Lewis & Clark at 4:00 p.m.