Playing in its opening match of the 2012 spring season, the Malone University women's tennis team lost an 8-1 contest at Oberlin College on Saturday.  With the loss, and coupled with the squad's 1-1 record in the fall, the Pioneers now stand at 1-2 overall for the 2011-12 academic year. Oberlin improved to 3-1 on the year with its third straight victory.

With every other match on the day going against the Pioneers in straight sets, Marie Konstan, playing at #6 singles, provided the bright spot for the team as she won in three sets. After dropping the first set 6-1, Konstan battled back to take the second set at 6-3 before winning the third set in a super tiebreaker at 10-7.

Scores for the match are as follows:

Singles:

      Malone                              Oberlin                              Winner                Score
1.  Kim Knisley                       Ariel Lewis                       Oberlin               6-0, 6-0
2.  Kaley Kahoun                   Grace Porter                    Oberlin                6-1, 6-3
3.  Hannah Swiger                Carolyn Bell                     Oberlin                6-1, 6-1
4.  Janelle Linder                  Preeya Shah                    Oberlin                6-2, 6-0
5.  Julianna Blaisdell           Rebecca Brown               Oberlin                6-0, 6-0
6.  Marie Konstan                 Emily Thebaut                  Malone                1-6, 6-3, 10-7

Doubles:

     Malone                               Oberlin                              Winner                 Score
1. Blaisdell/Kahoun              Porter/Finley Gates         Oberlin                 8-0
2. Knisley/Linder                   Lewis/Ball                         Oberlin                 8-1
3. Swiger/Katie Brim            Brown/Shah                     Oberlin                 8-1

Malone will next compete in a home match against Lake Superior State University (MI) on Monday, February 27th in an 11:30 a.m. match at the Green Tennis Center in Green, Ohio.