BROWNWOOD, Texas -- The Concordia Texas women's tennis team fell 5-4 in its first match since 2008 at Howard Payne Saturday.
HPU's women (1-0) won all three doubles flights, but Concordia's pairs fought hard.
Cassedy Crawford and Giselle Dallorso fell at the No. 2 line 8-6.
Leyla Martinez, Crawford, Dallorso and
Rean Vanderbilt scored for the Tornados in singles. Martinez and Vanderbilt needed three sets and the No. 1 and No. 6 singles while Crawford needed to settle her first set in a tiebreaker.
Concordia returns to action Feb. 5 at the Schreiner Spring Kickoff Tournament. Their opponents are still to be determined.
HPU d. CTX, 5-4Singles
1.
Leyla Martinez d. Alex Martin, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3
2.
Cassedy Crawford d. Brittany Walker, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
3. Giselle Dallorso d. Breamma Hunt, 6-4, 6-4
4. Erin McClear d.
Alexis Popovich, 6-1, 6-3
5. Devin Mendelson d.
Genesis Carreon, 6-1, 6-4
6.
Rean Vanderbilt d. Callie Molloy, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2
Doubles
1. Martin/McClear d. Martinez/Popovich, 8-5
2. Walker/Hunt d. Crawford/Dallorso, 8-6
3. Mendelson/Molloy d. Vanderbilt/Carreon, 8-4
