LOCKPORT, Ill. --- After opening with a sweep of doubles play, the University of St. Francis women's tennis team fell one singles victory short of getting back to the .500 mark after dropping a 4-3 decision to Wisconsin Lutheran College on Saturday.

USF (2-4) scored convincing wins on the doubles side, losing just two games to claim the first point of the match. The No.1 team of Nikkie Christiansen and Gabriella Noa as well as the No.3 duo of Yashleen Kheterpal and Maria Kuzminskaya each won 6-1, while the No.2 team of Denisse Lizano and Kiana Sikich did not yield a game in winning 6-0.

Noa also won at No.1 singles in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0, while Viyaleta Hordzich gained the other win in singles, 6-2, 6-4, at No.2.

Following Noa's win, Wisconsin Lutheran (9-6) rallied to take a 3-2 lead with victories at Nos. 3, 4, and 5. Hordzich then tied the contest at three all before Haley Olson outlasted Amanda Dutkiewicz at No. 6, 7-5, 7-5, to clinch the match.

Up Next
The Saints are right back at it on Sunday when they face Lake Forest College at Challenge Fitness. Doubles play is slated to begin at noon.

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