SEATTLE, Wash. – The Portland women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at No. 23 Washington on Friday evening at the Nordstrom Tennis Center. The Huskies improve to 6-2 with the win, while the Pilots move to 1-2.

Washington claimed the doubles point with wins at the top two positions. Portland senior Emily Soares and junior Laura Okazaki were leading 4-3 at No. 3 doubles when the point was clinched.

The Huskies raced to straight set wins at No. 2, No. 5 and then No. 1 singles to clinch the overall result.  

Pilot sophomore Angela Schuster made her spring debut at No. 6 singles and battled to a 6-4, 6-4 defeat against Ashley Chang. Soares also had a strong performance at No. 3 singles, but fell to Katarina Kopcalic 7-5, 6-4.

Portland will next take the court on Friday, Feb. 14 hosting Portland State at the Louisiana-Pacific Tennis Center at 11 a.m. All Pilot home matches will have live video and scoring available at PortlandPilots.com.

#23 Washington 7, Portland 0
Seattle, Wash. (Nordstrom Tennis Center)
January 31, 2020

Singles
1. Vanessa Wong (UW) def. Jelena Lukic (POR) 6-3, 6-3
2. Natsuho Arakawa (UW) def. Neli Sunjic (POR) 6-1, 6-0
3. Katarina Kopcalic (UW) def. Emily Soares (POR) 7-5, 6-4
4. Nika Zupancic (UW) def. Marija Elenova (POR) 6-2, 6-4
5. Zoey Weil (UW) def. Jana Tanevska (POR) 6-1, 6-1
6. Ashley Chang (UW) def. Angela Schuster (POR) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles
1. Wong/Arakawa (UW) def. Lukic/Sunjic (POR) 6-1
2. Kopcalic/Zupancic (UW) def. Tanevska/Raphaelle LeBlanc (POR) 6-0
3. Soares/Laura Okazaki (POR) vs. Weil/Delara Zamani (UW) 4-3 unfinished

Match Notes:
Portland 1-2
Washington 6-2
Order of Finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (2,5,1,4,6,3)