BEAVERTON, Ore. – Keeping themselves in contention for one of the top spots in the Northwest Conference race while keeping George Fox University winless, the Willamette University Bearcats cruised to an 8-1 win over the Bruins in women's tennis Friday afternoon here at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center.

The match was moved from the GFU campus courts to the indoor courts at Tualatin Hills on Wednesday due to expected steady rain on Friday, and the clouds did not disappoint, making the move of the tennis match a good one.

The Bruins picked up their win at No. 1 doubles.  After the Bruins' Molly Beaumont and Mollee Robinson battled the Bearcats' Fabi Dieguez and Alyssa Morrison to an 8-8 deadlock, the George Fox duo reeled off seven straight points in the tiebreaker for a hard-fought 9-8 victory.

Willamette took the rest of the matches, all in straight sets.  At No. 2 doubles, Katie Huber and Jamie Slonaker downed Cara Griffith and Liliya Abildayeva 8-2, and the No. 3 doubles went to the Bearcats by default.

In singles, it was Natalia Agarycheva over Beaumont 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1; Huber over Robinson 6-4, 6-4 at No. 2; Morrison over Allie Michelotti 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3; Dieguez over Griffith 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4; and Slonaker over Abildayeva 6-1, 6-2 at No. 5.  The No. 6 singles went to Willamette by default.

George Fox (0-8, NWC 0-7) ends a five-match home streak Saturday against Lewis & Clark College at 9:00 a.m. at the GFU campus courts.  Willamette (7-3, NWC 7-3) hosts Linfield College Saturday at 11:00 a.m.