Box Score 

VANCOUVER, Wash. – The Portland State women's tennis team picked up their first Big Sky Conference victory of the season Friday afternoon by a score of 4-3 over Weber State at Club Green Meadows in Vancouver, Wash.
 
For just the fourth time this season, the Vikings (4-14 overall, 1-6 Big Sky) took the doubles point, winning two of the three matches, which proved to be the pivotal point in the dual. The Vikings dropped the No. 3 singles match, 8-5, before Megan Govi and Marina Todd won the No. 2 doubles match by a score of 8-6.
 
With the two teams splitting the first two doubles matches, it came down to Ashley Spencer and Marti Pellicano at the No. 1 doubles line for the Vikings. They got up early in the match but then battled with the Wildcats (1-21, 1-6) and took the match 9-7 securing the doubles point for the Vikings.
 
With the Vikings taking a 1-0 dual lead going into singles play, things were looking up. In all three of the previous wins for the Vikings they took the doubles point.
 
Spencer lost 6-2 and 6-1 to start singles play bringing the dual score even at 1-1. Marti Pellicano took the first set of her No. 3 singles match 7-5. She then dropped the first game of the second set before rattling off six straight points to take the second set, and the match, 6-1 giving the Vikings a 2-1 lead.
 
Alexa McDondald then fell at the No. 1 singles line but played well losing both sets by scores of 7-5. With the dual tied at 2-2, Govi took her No. 4 singles match in three sets.
 
Govi won the first set 6-2 but then dropped the second set 6-3 allowing the Wildcats to force a decisive third set. It was a back and forth third set but Govi took the set 7-5 putting the Vikings one singles victory away from their first conference win of the season with two matches to finish. 
 
Govi is now 8-10 on the season and is 4-3 in Big Sky play. Her eight wins on the season are the most on the team and she has now won her last three matches. She is 4-1 since being moved to the No. 4 singles line.
 
Todd secured the dual win for the Vikings with her straight sets win at the No. 5 singles line. She won by scores of 6-4 and 6-3 picking up her fifth win of the season and is 5-5 in her last 10 matches.
 
Nayanatara Vadali finished out the dual for the Vikings and fell in straight sets 6-3 and 6-4.
 
The Vikings now have one dual left in the season as they play host to Northern Arizona on Saturday at Club Green Meadows at 1 p.m. PDT. The Portland State men's tennis team will also be taking on the Lumberjacks of Northern Arizona at 1 p.m. at Club Green Meadows. It's the only time this season where both men and women's squads are on the court at the same time.
 
Portland State 4, Weber State 3
Apr 13, 2012 at Vancouver, Wash. (Club Green Meadows)
Singles competition
1. MOORE, Brittiny (WSU) def. MCDONALD, Alexa (PSU) 7-5, 7-5
2. TANNER, Ashley (WSU) def. SPENCER, Ashley (PSU) 6-2, 6-1
3. PELLICANO, Marti (PSU) def. PHONHARATH, Nittaya (WSU) 7-5, 6-1
4. GOVI, Megan (PSU) def. KURER, Thais (WSU) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
5. TODD, Marina (PSU) def. WARWICK, Michelle (WSU) 6-4, 6-3
6. KARLSEN, Annika (WSU) def. VADALI, Nayanatara (PSU) 6-2, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. SPENCER, Ashley/PELLICANO, Marti (PSU) def. MOORE, Brittiny/TANNER, Ashley (WSU) 9-7
2. GOVI, Megan/TODD, Marina (PSU) def. PHONHARATH, Nittaya/WARWICK, Michelle (WSU) 8-6
3. LLOYD, Carly/KURER, Thais (WSU) def. MCDONALD, Alexa/VADALI, Nayanatara (PSU) 8-5
 
Match Notes
Weber State 1-21, 1-6 BSC
Portland State 4-14, 1-6 BSC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,3,1,4,5,6)