The Malone University women's tennis team suffered a 9-0 loss at Lake Superior State University (MI) on Sunday although several matches came by narrow margins.  With the loss, Malone dropped to 1-2 overall and to 0-2 in GLIAC play while LSSU improved to 5-1 overall and to 3-0 in the GLIAC.

A tough battle at #3 doubles was played out as Janelle Linder and Alexis Hill lost a hard-fought 8-6 contest. At #2 singles, Asia Harris narrowly missed sending her match to a third and final set, dropping the second set by the slim margin of 7-5.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

      Malone                     LSSU                              Winner          Score
1.  Erika Lester            Erin Anderson-Scott     LSSU            6-1, 6-4
2.  Asia Harris               Tess Marton                  LSSU            6-2, 7-5
3.  Kim Knisley              Sarah Awe                     LSSU            6-3, 6-1
4.  Kaley Kahoun          Kaitlynn Hutchinson    LSSU            6-1, 6-0
5.  Janelle Linder         Holly Daniel                   LSSU             6-1, 6-1
6.  Emily Kahoun          Lucy LaCosta                LSSU            6-1, 6-4

Doubles:

       Malone                     LSSU                                   Winner            Score
1.   Harris/Knisley         Anderson-Scott/Awe          LSSU              8-2
2.   Lester/K. Kahoun   Marton/Hutchinson            LSSU              8-4
3.   Linder/Alexis Hill    Daniel/Teodora Gavric      LSSU              8-6

Malone will close out its three-match stint in Michigan by competing at Michigan Tech on Monday in a 9:00 a.m. contest.