SOUTHFIELD, MICH. - The Lawrence Technological University women's tennis team opened their duel match season with a 6-1 loss over Cedarville University on Saturday    .

• Jacqueline Alcocer and Miriam McCormick dropped their 1-doubles match 0-6 
• Taylor Mattingly-Harnden and Angela Anderanin lost their 3-doubles match 3-6 to give the point to Cedarville
• Paola Herrera Rivera and Rafaela Tedesco were defeated in the 2-doubles match, 6-7 (5).

 

• Alcocer was taken down in 1-singles 1-6, 2-6 
• Tedesco dropped her 3-singles match (6-4, 6-2).
• Herrera Rivera won her 2-singles match 7-5, 6-3 to earn a point for the Blue Devils
• McCormick lost her 4-singles match 3-6, 0-6
• Mattingly-Harnden went down 1-6, 0-6 in 5-singles
• Taylor Moore could not hold her opponent in 6-singles, losing 0-6, 1-6.

Coach Mertz on the outing: "The women had their looks at closer matches but ultimately it didn't go our way. We have a lot of things to work on at practice, and need to gain a lot of confidence as individuals and as a team. It was their first match of the season so we are hopeful that we got the jitters out and will be more prepared moving forward"

The Blue Devils head to Indiana Wesleyan on Thursday, September 28^th for the individual event for the weekend.