Box ScorePORTLAND, Ore. –
Jelena Vidovic (Fr., Vancouver, Wash.) kept their college career-opening winning streak alive Saturday, picking up her sixth straight victory in singles to lead Pacific in an 8-1 loss to Lewis & Clark in Northwest Conference women's tennis action at the LC Tennis Dome.
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Vidovic provided for the Boxers' lone win of the match against the Pioneers, ranked No. 36 in the latest ITA Division III National Poll, pulling through a gritty first set in the No. 2 match to beat Aurora Garrison 7-5, 6-2.
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"Lewis & Clark is a solid team and they gave us a tough match today," said Pacific Assistant Coach
Karen Wells. "The ladies fought hard up and down the lineup and we're getting better as a team with each match. Congratulations to Jelena for battling through a close first set to get the win."
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The Pioneers (6-2, 4-0 NWC) rolled their way through the doubles lineup to take the early 3-0 lead. Christine Eliazo and Kacey Incerpi opened with an 8-4 win over
Kaitlyn Lomartire (So., Portland, Ore.) and Vidovic in the No. 1 flight. Summer Garrison and Claudia Lew downed
Sidney Smith (Fr., Olympia, Wash.) and
Mai Kobayashi (Fr., Waikoloa, Hawaii) in No. 2 and Wiktoria Plawska and Aurora Garrison beat
Kanani Kea (Fr., Mililani, Hawaii) and
Kelly Flores (So., Ewa Beach, Hawaii) in the No. 3 flight, both by 8-0 scores.
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In singles, Summer Garrison was a 6-0, 6-4 winner over Lomartire at No. 1, while Lew scored a 7-5. 6-0 win over Smith at No. 3. Glenna Taylor-Gee beat Kobayashi 6-4, 6-0 at No. 4. Elaizo collected a 6-3, 6-1 win over
Carlee Rhodaback (Jr., Albany, Ore.) at No. 5 while Gillian Lowe was a 6-2, 6-1 winner over Kea at No. 6.
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With the loss, Pacific fell to 3-3, 2-3 NWC. The Boxers are back in action on Sunday, playing at Linfield at 11 a.m.
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