COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The LeTourneau women's tennis team could not keep pace with St. Thomas in a 6-1 loss on Friday night inside Lifetime Fitness in Colorado Springs.

LeTourneau dropped to 7-6 on the year and 4-3 in league play. St. Thomas moved up to 5-3 overall and 5-1 in SCAC matches.

St. Thomas took all three doubles flights to go ahead 1-0. LeTourneau's Chloe Tesser and Kylie Weeks challenged the top St. Thomas duo of Mariel Herrera and Marlie McArthur before falling 6-3 at No. 1. 

Tesser took the lone point for the YellowJackets. She earned a three-set win over Nataly Velasco at the No. 3 flight 5-7, 7-5, 10-7.

Weeks also had her singles match go three sets, but she was outlasted by Ella Mullins 6-1, 3-6, 10-8 at the top flight.

Maddie Nichol fell 6-4, 6-1 to Herrera at No. 2, while Anaiah Smith was defeated by Adrana Iturralde 6-2, 7-5 at the No. 4 spot. 

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LeTourneau plays Colorado College on Sunday in Colorado Springs (9 a.m. central/8 a.m. mountain).

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