HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – Battling back from a 3-0 deficit following doubles play, the LeTourneau University women's tennis team would be unable to complete a comeback in their opening match of their spring break trip in a 6-3 defeat to the University of Mount Union at the Van Der Meer Tennis Center in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Sunday, March 10th.
 
The defeat now drops LETU to 2-6 overall while the Purple Raiders maintained their perfect record to improve to 4-0 overall.
 
Despite falling in all three doubles matches, the YellowJackets would put up a strong fight in all three matches with Mount Union as Katharine Waldthausen and Maddison Brackenreg fell 8-5 at number one doubles before Gracie Favela and Terin Murray fell 8-4 at number two doubles. The number three doubles match would feature Samantha Trevino and Mimi Samdi for LETU as the pair would fall by a score of 8-3.
 
Great resolve would be shown at the beginning of singles play as Waldthausen picked up a 6-2, 6-4 win at number one singles while Brackenreg would earn a 6-1, 6-2 straight-sets victory at number two singles. The match would become tied at 3-3 when Favela battled through a 6-0 first set defeat to win 0-6, 6-3, 10-4 at number three singles to make the final three singles matches determine the outcome of the match.
 
Mount Union would reclaim a lead following number four singles as Murray would fall 6-3, 6-3 and would then take the match with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Samantha Trevino at number five singles. Samdi would finish the match by falling 6-3, 7-5 at number six singles which gave Mount Union a three-point victory.
 
What's Next?
After a day off, LETU will return to action on Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. (ET) when they take on Gordon College at the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center. The Fighting Scots are 10-5 overall heading into a Monday morning match with Greenville College and are currently 2-0 on their spring break trip in Hilton Head Island.