NEWBERG, Ore -- The George Fox women's tennis rebounded after a morning loss to Whitman with an 8-1 win over East Texas Baptist on Sunday. 

How It Happened - Whitman
While the day began with matches against an in-conference foe of Whitman, the matches didn't count towards their overall NWC record. Starting out in the doubles matches, Cassey Hitch and Kalli Wiker lost, 8-1. In the #3 doubles, Arianna Rader and Brenna VanderYacht kept it close, but also fell, 8-5. 

Similar to the doubles matches, the Bruins battled, but were unable to get the win in any of their singles matches. Kalli Wiker kept the first set close, pushing the first game into an extra set before losing, 7-5, 6-2. Brenna VanderYacht was also able to grab some games off of her opponent before losing, 6-2, 5-4. 

How It Happened - East Texas Baptist 
With just a few hours between matches, Fox returned to the court to face the Tigers. The afternoon started out with a sweep of all three of the doubles matches. On court one, Cassey Hitch and Kalli Wiker got the win, 8-4, while Abigail Bond and Olivia Morris beat out their opponent, 8-6, and Ari Rader and Brenna VanderYacht made quick work of their opponents in their 8-2 win. 

The winning continued heading into the singles matches, seeing multiple matches go into third sets.  Oliva Morris won on court two after dropping the first set to win, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2. On court one, Kalli Wilker lost a heated match against Addy Seward that went into a final tiebreaker, 7-6, 5-7, 0-1.

Emily McDonald finished out winning in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4. Ending out the day with four more wins when the Bruins saw Cassey Hitch win, 7-5, 6-3, Ari Rader, 6-3, 3-6, (11-9), and Sophie Denham, 6-2, 6-4.  

Coach's Thoughts
Soon to come. 

What It Means
The women's tennis team wraps up the weekend with a record of 5-4, going 1-1 on the weekend. Whitman improves to 5-3 and East Texas Baptist goes to 8-5.

What Comes Next
The Bruins will have 10 days off before they travel to Orlando, Fla. to play five matches starting off against St. Lawrence on Thursday, March 23rd.