PORTLAND, Ore. – Two Portland women's tennis players were unavailable on Saturday and the Idaho Vandals took advantage with a 4-3 victory at the Louisiana Pacific Tennis Center. The Pilots (1-4) were forced to forfeit at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles due to player absences.
Sophomore Radina Dimitrova missed the match due to injury, while senior Kara Okazaki was also unavailable leaving the Pilots with just five active players.
Despite the obstacles, Portland was able to challenge the Vandals (1-1) to the very end.
After losing the doubles point and falling behind 2-0 after dropping the No.