PORTLAND, Ore. - In their
third straight match with a five-person lineup due to a shortage of
available players, the George Fox University Bruins were again
unable to overcome a 0-2 disadvantage at the start of a match and
fell 8-1 to the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers in Northwest
Conference women's tennis action Saturday afternoon here at
the L&C Tennis Dome.
The Bruins were again forced to begin play by defaulting the No.
6 singles and No. 3 doubles matches due to the absence of No. 6
player Bethany Nguyen, who is absent while dealing with some
personal matters, and thus dropped their fifth match in a row.
George Fox did manage to split the doubles, winning at No. 2 as
Allyssa Emoto and Shaina Inn
defeated Jill Coleman and Olivia Sweetman 8-4, but falling 8-3 at
No. 1 as the Pios' Amalia Nilsson and Isabelle Borris bested
Molly Beaumont and Cara Griffith.
Lewis & Clark then proceeded to win the five singles matches
that were played. Nilsson swept Emoto 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1;
Borris beat Beaumont 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-4) at No. 2; Coleman downed
Inn 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3; Sweetman stopped Griffith 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4;
and Makena McCluskey ousted Liliya Abildayeva 6-2, 6-1 at No.
5.
NEXT: George Fox (4-12, NWC 1-9) closes out its
season next weekend at home against Pacific University Friday at
3:30 p.m. and Willamette University Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ...
Lewis & Clark (4-8, NWC 4-6) visits Pacific University Saturday
at 10:00 a.m.
