Bruins Defeat Bearcats 9-0 in Men's Tennis

Gene Perle-Jones (Sr., Eugene, OR/North Eugene HS)

April 10, 2021

Team Stats

Game Statistics	George Fox	Willamette
Score	9	0

Doubles

Leach, Will / Lemaitre, Luke def. Kabacy, Andrew / Perle-Jones, Gene 8-5
Pashayan, Vahag / Camacho, Camden def. Nigbur, Quentin / Kropp, Andrew 8-2
Fujimori, Hunter / Watt, Sam def. Hiserman, Luke / Megiveron, Jordan 8-2

Singles

Leach, Will def. Kabacy, Andrew 6-1 , 6-0
Lemaitre, Luke def. Perle-Jones, Gene 6-0 , 6-0
Pashayan, Vahag def. Nigbur, Quentin 6-1 , 6-0
Fujimori, Hunter def. Hiserman, Luke 6-0 , 6-0
Camacho, Camden def. Kropp, Andrew 6-0 , 6-0
Banna, Alle def. Megiveron, Jordan 6-0 , 6-0

By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

SALEM, Ore. -- George Fox University downed Willamette University, 9-0, in a Northwest Conference men's tennis match on Saturday, April 10 at the WU Tennis Courts. The Bruins improved to 5-4 overall and to 5-0 in the NWC. Willamette fell to 0-9 on the season, 0-6 in the NWC.

Willamette's #1 doubles team of Andrew Kapacy (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Skyview HS) and Gene Perle-Jones (Sr., Eugene, OR/North Eugene HS) provided a strong battle against GFU's top team of Will Leach and Luke Lemaitre. Eventually, Leach and Lemaitre gained an 8-5 win. At #2 doubles, the Bruins received a victory from Vahag Pashayan and Camden Camacho, who defeated Quentin Nigbur (Jr., Vancouver, WA/Skyview HS) and Andrew Kropp (So., Bend, OR/Summit HS) of WU, 8-2. Hunter Fujimori and Sam Watt of GFU won #3 doubles over Luke Hiserman (Sr., Monterey, CA/Pacific Grove HS) and Jordan Megiveron (So., Edmonds, WA/Edmonds-Woodway HS), 8-2.

The Bruins won all six singles matches to complete the overall win. The teams will play each other again on Sunday, April 10. Match time is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. in Newberg, Oregon.