Box Score

McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Completing the road portion of their 2009 women's tennis schedule, the George Fox University Bruins dropped a 9-0 decision to their Yamhill County counterparts, the Linfield College Wildcats, in a Northwest Conference match Friday afternoon here at the Linfield Tennis Center.

Linfield, trying to keep pace with league-leading Whitworth University which is undefeated in conference play, opened the match with a sweep of the doubles.  Sallie Katter and Abby Olbrich knocked off the Bruins' Mollee Robinson and Betsy Ann Penman 8-3 at No. 1, Sarah Click and Sophie Larson downed Courtney Banks and Shanna Lesire 8-3 at No. 2, and Sarah Watanabe and Kirstie Franceshina defeated Liliya Abildayev and Lauren Miller 8-1 at No. 3.

Banks gave Click the toughest time among the singles matches, falling 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4, but the Wildcats rolled through most of the other sets.  Katter blanked Robinson 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1, Olbrich dropped Penman 6-3, 6-0 at No. 2, Larson defeated Lesire 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3, Watanabe did the same thing to Abildayev 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5, and Katie Patterson completed the Linfield sweep with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Miller at No. 6.

George Fox (3-14, NWC 2-11) completes its season with three straight home matches, starting Saturday with Lewis & Clark College on the GFU campus courts at 11:00 a.m.  Linfield (13-3, NWC 11-1) visits Pacific University Saturday at 11:00 a.m.