The University of Southern Indiana women's tennis team dropped to 5-3 overall and 5-3 in the GLVC Friday afternoon as it fell to Lewis University, 6-3, in Romeoville, Illinois.

USI, which also is slated to compete in the Lewis Doubles Invitation today and tomorrow, won matches at two and six singles as well as two doubles. The Screaming Eagles will wrap up their regular season conference schedule Sunday when they travel to Rensselaer, Indiana, to take on Saint Joseph's College.

Lewis 6, USI 3

Singles
#1 Yuliya Kuznets (LU) def. Ashley Rees (USI), 6-0, 6-0
#2 Audra Bartelt (USI) def. Tracy Reece (LU), 6-3, 6-1
#3 Liezl Mendoza (LU) def. Nichole Freyberger (USI), 5-7, 7-5 (10-3)
#4 Daphne Hill (LU) def. Kathleen Davis (USI), 6-1, 6-1
#5 Lauren Koveleski (LU) def. Cassy Froderman (USI), 6-1, 6-3
#6 Kalie Ackerman (USI) def. Alane Lezatte (LU), 6-2, 6-4

Doubles
#1 Kuznets/Reece (LU) def. Rees/Bartelt (USI), 8-2
#2 Freyberger/Davis (USI) def. Mendoza/Lezatte (LU), 8-4
#3 Hill/Koveleski (LU) def. Rachel Engle/Casey Clausman (USI), 8-4

Dan McDonnell,
USI Sports Information