Box Score
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Despite winning all three doubles matches, the University of Southern Indiana women's tennis team fell in a Great Lakes Valley Conference tilt to Bellarmine University 5-4 Saturday afternoon.
The Screaming Eagles dropped to 7-5 overall and 2-1 in the conference, while the Knights went to 11-5 and 3-0 in league action.
Senior
Lindsey White and freshman
Elizabeth Wilm got back on track with an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles, while junior
Morgan Coquerille and freshman
Elizabeth Skinner also won 8-5. Senior
Ellena Stumpf and junior
Shannon Joyce also took their match at No. 3 doubles 8-5.
White won her first singles set 6-4, but lost the next two 4-6, 4-6. At No.4 singles Stumpf got USI the point with a 7-6, 4-6, 6-2 win.
With the match tied at four, it came down to No. 6 singles. Senior
Logan Ackerman and Bellarmine's Abby Dorton went toe-to-toe, but Dorton came out on top in a three-set thriller. Ackerman bounced back after falling in the first set 6-7 to win 6-3, but dropped the final set 6-2.
The Eagles next action is Thursday when they host Western Kentucky University at 3 p.m.