TACOMA, Wash. - Returning to
the scene of their previous day's loss due to wet conditions at
Pacific Lutheran University's outdoor courts, the George Fox
University Bruins dropped an 8-1 Northwest Conference women's
tennis match to the Lutes Saturday evening here at the
University of Puget Sound's Tennis Pavilion.
The Bruins, who had fallen 6-3 to UPS on Friday, fell to 0-4
overall and 0-3 in the NWC after being swept in Tacoma.
Pacific Lutheran picked up its first victory of the season and is
now 1-6 overall and 1-5 in the conference.
The Lutes got off to a fast start by winning all three doubles
points. Ashley Coats and Cora Wigen took an 8-2 win at No. 1,
defeating Molly Beaumont and Mollee Robinson, and Kristina
Aarsvold and Heidi Weston were 8-4 victors at No. 2, beating Allie
Michelotti and Cara Griffith. The visiting Bruins,
with only five players, had to default to PLU's Caitlyn Hoerr and
Deanna Ellmer at No. 3 doubles.
In addition to winning by default at No. 6 singles, PLU won four
of the five contested singles matches. George Fox picked up
its only point at No. 4 singles where Griffith defeated Aarsvold,
6-3, 6-3.
Coats took a tiebreaker from Beaumont at No. 1, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0
(10-2), and Heidi Weston did the same at No. 5, beating Liliya
Abildayeva 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10-4). Picking up straight set victories
for the Lutes were Wigen over Robinson at No. 2, 6-3, 6-3, and Ali
Burnside over Michelotti at No. 3, 6-1, 6-4.
Georg Fox plays its next five matches at home, all NWC contests,
starting Thursday with Linfield College at 3:00 p.m. Pacific
Lutheran visits Linfield Friday at 3:30 p.m.
