FOREST GROVE, Ore. -- In preparation for the ITAs in the upcoming week, the George Fox women's tennis season, the Bruins traveled to Forest Grove for the Pacific 5-Way Tournament.

How It Happened
All four of the Bruin players played in the Red Flight. Juhree Kizziar and Nicole Schnurbusch
played as a team while Sophie Denham and Riley Bobkiewicz played together. The two duos played a doubles match before each played a singles match. The team who won
two of the three matches moved on.

In doubles play against Lewis & Clark, Kizziar and Schnurbusch fell in a close 6-7 (4-7) matchup against the Pios' Taylor Stadjuhar and Anna English before Kizziar beat Stadjuhar 6-2, 6-0 in singles. Schnurbusch then fell to English, 6-1, 6-3, as Lewis & Clark moved forward, 2-1.

The duo then won against Willamette, losing their doubles match but winning their singles. Kizziar beat Sofia Spencer 6-1, 6-4, while Schnurbusch beat Eva Lief 8-7 (8-6). Following the win, the two wrapped up their day with three losses to Pacific.

Bobkiewicz and Denham, meanwhile, recovered from a doubles loss to Willamette, with two big sweeps in singles play to beat the Bearcats, 2-1. Bobkiewicz won her match, 6-3, 6-0, while Denham won 6-0, 6-1. Against Lewis & Clark, the duo beat Susanna Anand and Charlotte Makoni, 6-4, and recovered from a Bobkiewicz loss; Denham downed Makoni, 6-3, 6-2, to move on to the final.

In the final against Pacific's Stella Nishimura and Chloe Takahashi, Fox lost 4-6. Bobkiewicz won a thriller over Nishimura, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 10-6, but a tough loss for Denham ended the day for the Bruins. 

Up Next
The Bruins will host the ITA Regional Championships from September 26-28.