3/31 - WHITWORTH 9, GEORGE FOX 0; WHITMAN 9, GEORGE FOX 0: Bruins Drop Pair to the 'Whits'
BEAVERTON, Ore. - In a pair of matches moved indoors due to wet conditions on their campus courts, the George Fox University Bruins dropped a pair of Northwest Conference women's tennis matches, both by 9-0 scores, to the Whitworth College Pirates and the Whitman College Missionaries Saturday here at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center.
In the Whitworth match played in the morning and early afternoon, the Pirates opened with doubles victories by Linh Aven and Katie Troxell over the Bruins' Valerie Ring and Lindsay Hagler 9-8 (7-5) at No. 1, Betsy Johnson and Rachael McCoola over Leilani Jackson and Brittany Ekstrom 8-1 at No. 2, and Justine Hays and Taryn Smith over Alayna Shaw and Kelsie Howell 8-3 at No. 3. Howell, returning from off-season shoulder surgery, was playing her first match of the season.
In singles, the 4-5-6 matches were played first, and the 1-2-3 singles were shortened to pro sets because of a time limit on the Bruins' use of the very popular facilities at Tualatin Hills. McCoola defeated Ring at No. 1 singles 8-5, Aven blanked Hagler 7-0 (retired) at No. 2, Troxell downed Rebecca Crinnion 8-3 at No. 3, Johnson dropped Ekstrom 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4, Smith edged Jackson 6-4, 7-5 at No. 5, and Hays beat Howell 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6.
The Whitman match took place in the late afternoon and early evening. The Missionaries opened by taking the doubles as Margo Lentz and Katie Oost downed Ring and Hagler 8-6 at No. 1, Hadley DeBree and Divneet Kaur won 8- 1 at No. 2 over Jackson and Ekstrom, and Maura Flaherty and Alex Robinson defeated Shaw and Crinnion 8-1 at No. 3.
In singles, it was DeBree over Ring 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1, Lentz over Crinnion 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2, Oost over Ekstrom 6-4, 6-0 at No. 3, Flaherty over Jackson 6-4, 6-1 at No. 4, Kaur over Shaw 6-0, 6-3 at No. 5, and Robinson over Lauren Miller 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6.
George Fox fell to 1-13 overall and 1-12 in the conference, while Whitworth improved to 7-8 overall and 6-6 in the league, and Whitman is now 13-5 overall and 9-3 in the NWC.
George Fox plays again next Saturday at Pacific University at 11 a.m. Whitworth is at Lewis & Clark College and Whitman is at Pacific Sunday, both matches beginning at 10 a.m.
Whitworth 9, at George Fox 0 - Mar. 31, 2007, at Beaverton, Ore. (Tualatin Hills TC)
Singles
#1 - Rachael McCoola (W) d. Valerie Ring (GF) 8-5 (pro set)
#2 - Linh Aven (W) d. Lindsay Hagler (GF) 7-0 (pro set, retired)
#3 - Katie Troxell (W) d. Rebecca Crinnion (GF) 8-3 (pro set)
#4 - Betsy Johnson (W) d. Brittany Ekstrom (GF) 6-4, 6-2
#5 - Taryn Smith (W) d. Leilani Jackson (GF) 6-4, 7-5
#6 - Justine Hays (W) d. Kelsie Howell (GF) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
#1 - Aven/Troxell (W) d. Hagler/Ring (GF) 9-8 (7-5)
#2 - Johnson/McCoola (W) d. Ekstrom/Jackson (GF) 8-1
#3 - Hays/Smith (W) d. Shaw/Howell (GF) 8-3
Records: George Fox (1-12, NWC 1-11), Whitworth (7-8, NWC 6-6)
Whitman 9, at George Fox 0 - Mar. 31, 2007, at Beaverton, Ore. (Tualatin Hills TC)
Singles
#1 - Hadley DeBree (W) d. Valerie Ring (GF) 6-2, 6-0
#2 - Margo Lentz (W) d. Rebecca Crinnion (GF) 6-1, 6-1
#3 - Katie Oost (W) d. Brittany Ekstrom (GF) 6-4, 6-0
#4 - Maura Flaherty (W) d. Leilani Jackson (GF) 6-4, 6-1
#5 - Divneet Kaur (W) d. Alayna Shaw (GF) 6-0, 6-3
#6 - Alex Robinson (W) d. Lauren Miller (GF) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
#1 - Oost/Lentz (W) d. Ring/Lindsay Hagler (GF) 8-6
#2 - DeBree/Kaur (W) d. Ekstrom/Jackson (GF) 8-1
#3 - Robinson/Flaherty (W) d. Shaw/Crinnnion (GF) 8-1
Records: George Fox (1-13, NWC 1-12), Whitman (13-5, NWC 9-3)