TACOMA, Wash. - Boosted by a sweep of the three doubles matches, the University of Puget Sound picked up its first win of the 2010-11 season with a 7-2 victory over the visiting George Fox University Bruins in Northwest Conference women's tennis action Friday afternoon here at the UPS Tennis Pavilion.

The Loggers' Maddie Thiesse and Maddison Holtz prevailed over the Bruins' Molly Beaumont and Cara Griffith 8-5 at the #1 doubles, Logan Thompson and Marissa Friedman downed Alyssa Emoto and Shaina Inn 9-8 at #2, and Jenna Gerdsen and Ada Yu edged Liliya Abildayeva and Bethany Nguyen 8-6 at #3 to give the home team a good start to the match.

George Fox rallied to take the top two singles matches, Beaumont defeating Holtz 6-3, 6-2 at #1, and Emoto dropping Thiesse 6-1, 6-1 at #2.  However, Puget Sound sewed up the contest as Gerdsen downed Inn 6-3, 6-1 at #3, Thompson topped Nguyen 6-2, 6-2 at #4, Yu nudged Griffith 7-5, 6-3 at #5, and Friedman bested Abildayeva 6-4, 6-3 at #6.

George Fox, which picked up a win back in the fall over Lewis & Clark College, is now 1-1 overall and 0-1 in the conference.  Puget Sound is 1-2 overall and in the NWC.

NEXT: George Fox is off until next Friday, when the Bruins will host Pacific Lutheran University in their first home contest at 3:30 p.m. ... Puget Sound hosts Pacific University Saturday at 10:00 a.m.