SEATTLE, Wash. – The Portland women's tennis team pulled out a 4-3 win over the Boise State Broncos Saturday afternoon at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. The Pilots improve to 7-4 on the season, while the Broncos fall to 5-8 overall.
The Pilots narrowly edged Boise State in doubles, win at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions to secure the point. Portland was leading 6-4 in a tiebreaker at No. 2 when the point was won.
Portland then won the first three singles decisions to clinch the match. Lucia Butkovska ran her spring dual record to 10-0 with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Megan LaLone at the No. 1 spot. Senior Sophie van den Aarssen cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4 and junior Saroop Dhatt won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5.
Boise State would win two of the final three matches in third set tiebreakers.
Portland will next return to the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center to host a West Coast Conference match against the No. 39 San Francisco Dons (7-4) on Tuesday at 10 a.m. The match will have live video and live stats provided by PortlandPilots.com.
Portland 4, Boise State 3
Seattle, Wash. (Nordstrom Tennis Center)
March 14, 2015
Doubles 1. Butkovska/Lazarevic (POR) def. Oshiro/Watson (BSU) 7-6 (3)
2. Paules Aldrey/LaLone (BSU) Vs. van den Aarssen/Mladenovic (POR) 6-6 (6-4) DNF
3. Troesch/Zuidema (POR) def. Vosburgh/Toseva (BSU) 6-4
Order of finish: 3,1Singles1. #121 Lucia Butkovska (POR) def. Megan LaLone (BSU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Teal Vosburgh (BSU) def. Maja Mladenovic (POR) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (10-5)
3. Bobbi Oshiro (BSU) def. Jelena Lazarevic (POR) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-6)
4. Sophie van den Aarssen (POR) def. Milena Toseva (BSU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Saroop Dhatt (POR) def. Arianna Paules Aldrey (BSU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Sammie Watson (BSU) def. Tori Troesch (POR) 6-4, 6-1
Order of finish: 4,1,5,6,3,2
