The #9 Seahawks women's tennis team fell to #15 Indiana Wesleyan 5-2 on Friday afternoon in a continuation of their match from yesterday that was called due to darkness.
Indiana Wesleyan jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as
Samantha Guy and
Livia Toth fell 8-2 in #3 doubles. Things looked good in #1 doubles as
Teodora Stanciu and
Lola Garcia led 4-1 early on but would end up falling 8–6 extending the deficit to 2-0.
The Seahawks had a chance to get on the board as
Ana Pinto and
Laura Ortega served for the match up 7-5 but would later fall 9-7 and trailed 3-0 heading into singles.
When singles play started, the Wildcats upped their lead to 4-0 lead after Guys lost at #3 6-1, 6-1. At this point the ladies could not lose another match and then the Seahawks would start to come back.
Ortega pulled off a 6–1, 6-1 upset over the #35 ranked player in the nation to cut the deficit to 4-1. Garcia took her match at #5 6-2, 6-0 getting to within 3-2. However, Toth would fall at #6 singles 6-1, 6-1 and dropping the match 5-2.
Head Coach
Daniel Finn said, "We dug ourselves in a hole early like we have a couple times this season, but time we were unable to dig ourselves out. We need to work on coming out early with intensity and bringing the fight to the match early on. The ladies did a good job continuing to fight the entire day and not giving up. We just can't dig ourselves and those kinds of holes, but credit Indiana Wesleyan as they deserve the match and played really well. Right now we don't have much time to really think about things we have to get right back to work third match today"
