BEAVERTON, Ore. - Opening the Northwest Conference portion of their 2012 women's tennis season against Linfield College, last year's regular-season runner-up and NWC Tournament champion, the George Fox University Bruins were blanked 9-0 by the postseason-tested Wildcats Friday afternoon here at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center's indoor courts.

The match had been relocated from the GFU campus courts the day before in anticipation of predicted rain, which did indeed begin to fall in Newberg by mid-afternoon and would have prevented completion of the contest.

The Wildcats swept through the doubles with Abby Olbrich and Caroline Brigham downing the Bruins' Molly Beaumont and Shaina Inn 8-1 at No. 1, twin sisters Kaila and Kiana Nip knocking off Alyssa Emoto and Cara Griffith 8-3 at No. 2, and Lexi Thomas and Erin Crofcheck taking down Chantelle Hadeed and Marissa Chau 8-1 at No. 3.

In singles, Olbrich, who is ranked No. 4 in the West Region, defeated Beaumont 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1; Brigham, ranked No. 23 in the region, swept Emoto 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2; Thomas downed Inn 6-1, 6-3 at No. 3; Kaila Nip clipped Griffith 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4; Kiana Nip blanked Hadeed 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5; and Kelly Watanabe dropped Alissandra Wittrig 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6.

NEXT: George Fox (1-2, NWC 0-1) plays the fourth of five straight home matches next Friday when the Bruins host the University of Puget Sound at 4:00 p.m. in a conference match ... Linfield (3-0, NWC 3-0) visits Lewis & Clark College Saturday at 11:00 a.m., also an NWC contest.