BEAVERTON, Ore. – For the second match in a row, the George Fox University Bruins got off to a good start by winning the top two doubles, but the University of Puget Sound Loggers recovered and swept the singles for a 7-2 win in the Northwest Conference women's tennis season finale for both teams Saturday here at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Club.

The match was moved from the GFU campus courts to the indoor facilities at Tualatin Hills early Saturday due to a morning rain shower that soaked the on-campus courts.  George Fox ended its season at 7-12 overall and 3-9 in the conference, finishing in a tie with Willamette University for sixth in the league. 

Puget Sound is now 8-5 overall and 7-5 in the conference, currently in fifth.  They can tie for fourth if Pacific Lutheran University drops its final match at Lewis & Clark College.  However, the Loggers have nailed down the fourth spot in the NWC Tournament based on the league's tennis points system, but their opponent will depend upon the rest of today's results and tiebreakers.

Alyssa Emoto and Krista Rey claimed an 8-5 victory over the Loggers' Marissa Friedman and Logan Thompson at No. 1 doubles, and Ali Diehl and Megan Dahlberg squeezed out a 9-8 (7-4) win over Malia Ford and Jenna Gerdsen at No. 2.  The Loggers picked up their only doubles win as Allison Embernate and Sarah Nielsen downed the Bruins' Shelby Arnold and Jessica Moss 8-0 at No. 3.

Puget Sound then proceeded to take all six doubles matches in straight sets, losing only 18 games the entire way.  It was Thompson over Emoto 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1; Friedman over Rey 6-2, 6-2 at No. 2; Gerdsen over Dahlberg 6-3, 6-2 at No. 3; Embernate over Diehl 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4; Nielsen over Arnold 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5; and Alana Hopper over Ilsa Teppo 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6.