PARKLAND, Wash. - Coming off a 4-1 record on last week's spring break trip to Orlando, Fla., the George Fox University Bruins kept rolling for their fifth win in the last six matches, this one an 8-1 win over the Pacific Lutheran University Lutes in Northwest Conference women's tennis action Friday evening here at the Sprinker Tennis Center.

The Bruins opened by taking the top two doubles matches.  Molly Beaumont and Shaina Inn knocked off Leah Newell and Tina Aarsvold 8-3 at No. 1, and Alyssa Emoto and Cara Griffith edged Cora Wigen and Valery Jorgensen 8-6 at No. 2.  PLU picked up its only win at No. 3 as Allison McClure and Catherine Miolla squeezed past Marissa Chau and Bethany Nguyen 8-6.

George Fox captured all six singles, all but one in straight sets.  Beaumont beat Newell 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1; Emoto nipped Wigen 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) at No. 2; Inn topped Aarsvold 6-2, 6-2 at No. 3; Griffith managed McClure 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4; Chantelle Hadeed handled Miolla 6-1, 6-4 at No. 5; and Alissandra Wittrig wriggled past Jorgensen 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-8).

Now 7-8 overall and 2-6 in the conference, the Bruins have their third-most wins in a season since bringing women's tennis back to the campus in 1996.  The 2004 team went 9-12 and the 2002 team was 8-9. 

NEXT: George Fox goes to the University of Puget Sound Saturday for an 11:00 a.m. match before closing out the regular season with three home conference contests next week ... Pacific Lutheran (1-14, NWC 0-10) hosts Lewis & Clark College Saturday at 12:30 p.m.