NEWBERG, Ore. --- The George Fox women's tennis program notched its second clean sweep of a Northwest Conference opponent on Saturday, Apr. 16, with a 9-0 win over Pacific Lutheran.

How It Happened

The Bruins sped through doubles and finished two of the three matches in under 30 minutes of court time. Olivia Morris and Danielle Brown won, 8-1, on the first court and Cassey Hitch paired with Kalli Wiker to win, 8-2, on court two. Ellie Mangan and Stephanie Ramirez Barreto finished the doubles sweep with another 8-2 win on court three to move on to singles action.

Mangan finished first with a 6-1, 6-1 win on court two in just under 50 minutes of groundstrokes, and Wiker clinched the team win with a 6-2, 6-0 win on court three. Brown was next to finish on court one moments after Wiker with a 6-0, 6-1 win.

Brenna VanderYacht swept her opponent on court four, 6-0, 6-0, and Arianna Rader won via retirement in a 6-1, 5-2 final. Abigail Bond was the last to finish on court five in a 6-2, 6-7 (), 1-0 (10-6) superset win to clinch the team sweep.

Coach's Thoughts

"This was a great team win today," coach Rick Cruz said. "Everyone [on the roster] got into the match and played well! We hope to finish strong with another win tomorrow."

What It Means

Fox is now 12-7 on the year with a 4-3 conference record and one match left in the regular season. A win tomorrow gives the Bruins a guaranteed berth in the Northwest Conference tournament as the four seed - currently, Fox sits in a tie with Pacific at fourth, but the Bruins do own the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Up Next

The Bruins host Puget Sound and celebrate their senior leader, Brown, on Sunday against the Loggers in Newberg.