Box Score

BEAVERTON, Ore. – With only five players on hand due to spring break family plans and other commitments, the George Fox University Bruins were at a decided disadvantage against the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers and dropped a 7-2 decision in a Northwest Conference women's tennis match that was moved here to the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center Saturday due to wet courts on the GFU campus.

Lewis & Clark took the doubles as Amalia Nilsson and Whitney DeBree downed the Bruins' Mollee Robinson and Betsy Ann Penman 8-2 at No. 1, Mika Yokoyama and Alix Dixon edged Shanna Lesire and Courtney Banks 8-6 at No. 2, and Jill Coleman and Paige Earhart won be default at No. 3.

The Pios took the top two singles as Nilsson defeated Robinson 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 and DeBree swept Penman 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2.  George Fox picked up its two wins at the middle singles as Lesire shaded Earhart 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6) at No. 3 and Banks beat Coleman 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4.  The Pios' Clio Beatty downed the Bruins' Lauren Miller 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5, and Yokoyama won by default at No. 6.

George Fox (3-15, NWC 2-12) completes its regular season at next weekend with the University of Puget Sound on Friday at 3:30 p.m. and Willamette University on Saturday at 11:00 a.m.  Lewis & Clark (10-8, NWC 7-6) is back in action Sunday at Willamette at 4:00 p.m.