Box Score DAVENPORT, Iowa -- Sweta Rana gained the lone victory, but two other Fighting Saints made things interesting as the University of St. Francis women's tennis team opened its fall campaign with a 6-1 setback to St. Ambrose University on Saturday.

Rana gained her first victory as a Saint with a 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (10-6) win at No. 1 singles.  That came after St. Ambrose (4-1) won each of the three doubles matches by 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3 counts to go up 1-0.  The sister combination of Hannah Linko and Rebecca Linko provided the most competitive match of the three with their 6-4 setback at No. 2.

On the singles side, Emma Deitz took her match at No. 6 to a third-set tie-breaker.  After falling 6-0 in the first set, Deitz rallied for 7-6 (7-2) win in the second.  She dropped the tie-breaker 1-0 (10-5).

Rebecca Linko also came up just short at No. 4, falling 6-4, 7-6 (7-2).

St. Ambrose rounded out the match with victories at No. 2 (6-2, 6-4), No. 3 (6-1, 6-1) and No. 5 (6-1, 6-2). 

Up Next
The Saints are at Elmhurst University next Saturday to take on North Park University (12 pm) and Elmhurst (3 pm).

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