NEWBERG, Ore. - Keeping their unblemished Northwest Conference record spotless, the league-leading Whitworth University Pirates posted straight-set sweeps of all seven matches that were played in defeating the George Fox University Bruins 7-0 in women's tennis Saturday afternoon here at the GFU campus courts.

Only seven matches were scored because no players were listed for either team in the No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles slots.  George Fox has usually surrendered those matches by default due to having only five players on its current roster.

Whitworth opened up with an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles as Rachel Burns and Alli Marshall topped the Bruins' Molly Beaumont and Mollee Robinson.  In the No. 2 doubles, Stephanie Reardon and Katie Staudinger outscored Cara Griffith and Liliya Abildayeva 8-5.

In singles, Burns downed Beaumont 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1; Marshall topped Robinson 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2; Janell Talbot shut out Allie Michelotti 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3; Siri Carlson defeated Griffith 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4; and Claire Hemming beat Abildayeva 6-0, 6-4 at No. 5.

George Fox (0-7, NWC 0-6) returns to action Friday, hosting Willamette University in the fourth of a five-match home stretch at 3:00 p.m.  Whitworth (7-2, NWC 7-0) is off until Saturday, traveling to Tacoma, Wash., to play the University of Puget Sound at 10:00 a.m. and Pacific Lutheran University at 3:00 p.m.