TACOMA, Wash. - Josiah Jackson won both his singles and his doubles matches, the only George Fox University individual to sweep, lifting the visiting Bruins past the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes for the first time ever 5-4 in a Northwest Conference men's tennis match Sunday here at the University of Puget Sound's indoor tennis pavilion.

The Bruins dropped the No. 1 doubles match as the Lutes' Taylor Dickey and Scott Sheldon won 8-3 over Scott Barnett and Preston Mann, but Jackson and doubles partner Peter Brown evened the match with an 8-4 victory over Neal Berg and Zack AhYat.  The Bruins then went ahead with a win at No. 3 doubles, Justin McClain and Andy Tweet dispatching Reed Gunstone and Michael Parretta 8-2.

The Bruins won the odd-numbered singles matches as Barnett downed Dickey 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1, Mann edged AhYat 6-2, 7-6 (7-1) at No. 3, and Jackson came through with a 6-2, 6-4 decision over Berg at No. 5.  PLU got wins from Sheldon over Brown 6-1, 3-6, 7-5 at No. 2, Daniel Cotton over McClain 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 at No. 4, and Gunstone over Tweet 6-1, 6-4 at No. 6.

“Josiah came through big-time for us today,” said Bruins coach Neal Ninteman,” winning his doubles and then clinching the match for us with his singles win.  It was a tight match all the way, and to pull it out shows the tremendous character of this very young team.  I think this may be the first time we have ever swept both UPS and PLU in the same season.”

Actually, a quick search of George Fox records indicate that, since the introduction of men's tennis to the campus in 1996, this is the first season the Bruins have beaten either team from the Tacoma area. 

NEXT: George Fox (3-1, NWC 2-1) faces a busy schedule this coming week, starting with Linfield College Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in McMinnville, Ore., before hosting Willamette University Friday at 2:00 p.m. and Pacific University Saturday at 1:00 p.m. ... Pacific Lutheran (1-3, NWC 0-3) hosts nationally-ranked Whitman College Friday at 6:00 p.m. at the UPS Tennis Pavilion.