2/18 - LEWIS & CLARK 7, GEORGE FOX 2: Bruins Drop Rain-Plagued Home Opener to Pios
NEWBERG, Ore. - In a match that took over five hours to play because of a rain delay, the George Fox University Bruins dropped their first home match of the season 7-2 to the Lewis & Clark College Pioneers in Northwest Conference women's tennis Sunday afternoon here at the GFU campus courts.
The teams managed to get the doubles in before the rains came, with Lewis & Clark sweeping all three. The Pios' Lisa Harunaga and Liz Nguyen defeated the Bruins' Valerie Ring and Lindsay Hagler 8-5 at No. 1, Clio Beatty and Maggie Peach downed Alayna Shaw and Rebecca Crinnion 8-6 at No. 2, and Asami Kimura and Teresa Kiemnec edged Leilani Jackson and Linsey Wages 8-6 at No. 3.
After the rain stopped and the courts were squeegeed off, the singles resumed, with the first four going to the Pios. Harunaga downed Ring 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1, Nguyen swept Hagler 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2, Beatty dropped Jackson 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3, and Peach overcame Brittany Ekstrom 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4. The Bruins took the final two singles as Crinnion edged Alysia Yamasaki 6-7 (7-4), 7-6 (7-0), (10-5) at No. 5, and Shaw conquered Kiemnec 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
George Fox (0-3, NWC 0-2) travels to eastern Washington next weekend, first taking on Whitman College Friday at 6 p.m. Lewis & Clark (1-1, NWC 1-1) is also on that swing, playing Whitworth College Friday at 3 p.m.
Lewis & Clark 7, at George Fox 2 - Feb. 18, 2007, at Newbeg, Ore.
Singles
#1 - Lisa Harunaga (L&C) d. Valerie Ring (GF) 6-1, 6-2
#2 - Liz Nguyen (L&C) d. Lindsay Hagler (GF) 6-2, 6-1
#3 - Clio Beatty (L&C) d. Leilani Jackson (GF) 6-4, 6-3
#4 - Maggie Peach (L&C) d. Brittany Ekstrom (GF) 6-3, 6-4
#5 - Rebecca Crinnion (GF) d. Alysia Yamasaki (L&C) 6-7 (7-4), 7-6 (7-0), (10-5)
#6 - Alayna Shaw (GF) d. Teresa Kiemnec (L&C) 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles
#1 - Harunaga/Nguyen (L&C) d. Ring/Hagler (GF) 8-5
#2 - Beatty/Peach (L&C) d. Shaw/Crinnion (GF) 8-6
#3 - Kimura/Kiemnec (L&C) d. Jackson/Linsey Wages (GF) 8-6
Records: George Fox (0-3, NWC 0-2), Lewis & Clark (1-1, NWC 1-1)