Sept. 12, 2010

DETROIT -- The Wayne State women's tennis team fell 6-3 to undefeated Ferris State University Sunday afternoon.

For the second straight match, the Warriors went into the singles portion trailing 2-1 and were unable to bounce back.

In No. 2 doubles, Milena Vuksanovic and McCall Monte were beaten by Alina Stanila and Melissa Flowers 8-5, while Tabitha Simpson and Natalie Diorio bested Caroline Gosman and Tanya Joseph, 8-1 in No. 3 doubles.

In the lone doubles win, Sharon Gill and Kristina Goranskaya ousted Amy Ingle and Tiffany Rheynard, 8-4 to pick up their 13th consecutive win together.

However, Gill suffered her first lost of the season in No. 1 singles to Stanila, 6-4, 7-5.

As for Goranskaya, she was able to win her No. 2 singles match over Ingle in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2.

Picking up another win for WSU was McCall Monte, defeating Melissa Flowers, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3).

The Warriors lost marathon matches in No. 5 and No. 6 singles as Simpson bested Debora Correa, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, while Diorio beat Jennifer Bradford, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

Wayne State (3-2, 3-2 GLIAC) will pick up play next Friday at the ITA Midwest Regional Tournament. Ferris State moved to 4-0 overall and 4-0 in the GLIAC.