Box ScoreWALLA WALLA, Wash. – In just her third official college tennis match Sunday,
Jelena Vidovic (Fr., Vancouver, Wash.) knocked off one of the conference's top players to lead Pacific in an 8-1 Northwest Conference women's tennis loss to Whitman at the Bratton Indoor Tennis Center.
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Competing in the No. 2 singles flight, Vidovic rose to the occasion to knock off Morgan Lawless in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. The win allowed Vidovic to improve to 3-0 in singles as she won both matches over the weekend. Vidovic and partner
Kaitlyn Lomartire (So., Portland, Ore.) also provided for the Boxers' closest match in doubles as the duo fell 8-6 to Lawless and her sister, Courtney.
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"The ladies fought hard today and had some close battles," said Pacific Assistant Coach
Karen Wells. "Jelena made a strong showing, scoring the decisive win over a crafty opponent. It was a great experience for our young team, one we are definitely going to build on in the coming weeks."
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With the close win at No. 1, the Missionaries matched easily through the doubles. Erin Bell and Katrina Allick collected an 8-1 win over
Sidney Smith (Fr., Olympia, Wash.) and
Mai Kobayashi (Fr., Waikoloa, Hawaii) at No. 2 while Jenna Dobrin and Allie Wallin were 8-3 winners over
Carlee Rhodaback (Jr., Albany, Ore.) and
Kanani Kea (Fr., Mililani, Hawaii) at No. 3.
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Lomartire engaged Dobrin in a hard fought match at No. 1 singles as Dobrin went on to the 6-4, 6-4 win. Wallin was a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Smith at No. 3 and Bell scored a 6-1, 6-3 win over Kobayashi at No. 4. Alexandra Sigouin added a 6-1, 6-1 win over Rhodaback at No. 5 and Jenna Gilbert scored a 6-4, 6-2 win over Kea at No. 6.
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Pacific returns to the home courts next weekend, hosting Puget Sound on Saturday at 1 p.m., and Pacific Lutheran on Sunday at 11 a.m.
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