The Malone University women's tennis team, after competing in three tough GLIAC contests in northern Michigan last Saturday through Monday, squared off against its second non-conference opponent of the young fall season on Wednesday but fell short to Otterbein University in the home contest by the score of 6-3. With the loss, Malone fell to 1-4 overall on the season (0-3 GLIAC) while Otterbein improved to 2-0 on the year.

Erika Lester and Kaley Kahoun, competing at #2 and #4 singles, respectively, earned singles wins for the Pioneers while the #3 doubles team of Asia Harris and Marie Konstan captured a doubles victory for the Malone.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

    Malone                           Otterbein                                   Winner            Score
1. Asia Harris                    Julie Stroyne                            Otterbein        6-0, 6-2
2. Erika Lester                  Taylor Jordan                           Malone           6-4, 6-4
3. Kim Knisley                  Sammi Kruger                         Otterbein        6-2, 6-3
4. Kaley Kahoun               Adrien Leatherwood              Malone            6-2, 6-2
5. Janelle Linder              Emma Krummel                     Otterbein        3-6, 6-3, 6-4
6. Marie Konstan              Kelsey Leachko                      Otterbein        5-7, 6-3, 6-2

Doubles:

    Malone                             Otterbein                                 Winner         Score
1. Lester/Knisley                Stroyne/Jordan                      Otterbein      8-3
2. K. Kahoun/E. Kahoun   Leatherwood/Kruger            Otterbein      8-2
3. Harris/Konstan              Krummel/Megan Locke        Malone         8-6

Malone will next compete in a GLIAC contest at Grand Valley State University (MI) on Friday in a 5:00 p.m. match.