PROVO, Utah – The Portland women's tennis team struggled to adjust to the altitude and dropped a 7-0 decision to No. 75 BYU Cougars Saturday on the road. The Pilots fall to 8-4, with all four losses coming against ranked opponents, while BYU improves to 10-5 and 4-1 in West Coast Conference play.
The doubles point came down to the wire after BYU took the No. 1 doubles by a 6-3 margin followed by the Pilot duo of Rimona Rouf and Aleksandra Dimitrijevic pulling out a 6-3 win at the No. 2 position. Portland's freshmen tandem of Meagan Pearson and Alaia Rubio Perez fought back from a 5-3 deficit, but ultimately fell 7-5 at No.