WICHITA, Kan. – Newman women's tennis team dropped their first conference match of the season Friday morning (Mar. 22) against Dallas Baptist with the final score of 5-2. With the loss the Jets fall to 9-8 on the year and drop to 1-1 in Heartland Conference play.

In doubles action, the Jets were blanked by the Patriots in all three matches dropping the doubles point.

After falling behind 3-0 in the match after suffering defeats at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, No. 3 Isabela Bifano put the Jets on the scoreboard hoping to spark a comeback.

No. 4 Emily Young pulled the Jets to within a point 3-2, coming back with second and third set wins (2-6, 6-3 and 6-4) setting up an opportunity to even the match up.

Meanwhile the Patriots put the match away with a win at No. 5 singles and would tack on another point claiming No. 6 singles to conclude the contest.

The Newman women's tennis suffered a 6-1 defeat to Southern Arkansas University Friday afternoon (Mar. 15). The Jets fall to 9-7 on the season, while the Muleriders improve to 13-3 on the year.

No. 1 Vlada Litvinova's streak of five straight wins in singles action came to a stop falling (2-6 and 4-6).

RESULTS

Singles
#1 Vlada Litvinova (NU) lost Claire Nguyen (DBU) – 2-6, 4-6
#2 Liza Gerasimova (NU) lost Taylor Leslie (DBU) – 3-6, 5-7
#3 Isabela Bifano (NU) def. Adriana Carpenter (DBU) – 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
#4 Emily Young (NU) def. Kate Daugherty (DBU) – 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
#5 Marian Gaviria (NU) lost Ira Vogelmann (DBU) – 2-6, 4-6
#6 Mirella Calvalcanti (NU) lost Devon Austin-Canning (DBU) – 6-2, 6-3, 10-4

Doubles Competition
#1 Litvinova/Young (NU) lost Daugherty/Nguyen (DBU) – 2-6
#2 Gaviria/Gerasimova (NU) lost Carpenter/Leslie (DBU) – 2-6
#3 Bifano/Calvalcanti (NU) lost Austin-Canning/Omeire (DBU) – 3-6

The Jets will continue their homestead with a non-conference match on Monday (Mar. 25) against Metropolitan State University of Denver.