DeKALB, Ill. --- The University of St. Francis women's tennis team opened a busy four-match-in-four-day swing suffering a 6-1 defeat at the hands of NCAA I Northern Illinois University on Friday night.

USF's only victory on the night came via forfeit at No. 6 singles.

The only match to go to a third set came at No. 1 singles, where Anna Bintsarovskaya opened with a 6-1 victory before falling 6-0, 6-4.  The Saints' only other competitive match came at No. 3 singles, where Denisse Lizano fell 6-3, 7-5.

Northern Illinois (11-9) opened the contest by claiming 6-3, 6-0 and 6-1 wins in the three doubles matches.  In each of the Huskies' other three singles victories, they yielded no more than one game.

The Saints (4-6) are at Wheaton College on Saturday at 2 pm.   

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