CENTER VALLEY, PA - The Messiah women's tennis team lost to DeSales on Tuesday afternoon 3-6. The Falcons three wins came from Marcroft/Sheaffer on court two doubles, then Rachel Marcroft again on court two singles and finally Hannah Murray on court five singles. 

Messiah will play again on March 30, when they travel to Penn State Harrisburg to play at 3:30 PM.

Doubles
The Falcons found themselves down 1-2 after the three doubles matches to start the afternoon. Conjack/Tozzi lost 2-8 on court one while Murray/Fleming lost 5-8 on court three. Marcroft/Sheaffer were the lone doubles point for Messiah after picking up an 8-5 decision on court two. 

Singles
Kasi Conjack lost at No. 1 singles 0-6, 3-6 to kick off the singles matches while Hannah Murray was the next court to finish on court five. Murray won in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 to earn the Falcons second win on the day. Rachel Marcroft played a great match on court two singles, also winning in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 to give the Falcons their third win on the afternoon. Nicole Lee and Sarah Fleming dropped their matches on courts four and six respectively by scores of 1-6, 3-6 and 3-6, 4-6. Angela Tozzi was the final court to finish playing in a 10-point tiebreaker to decide court three singles. After being down 3-9 in the tiebreak, Tozzi fought back to 8-9 but fell in the tiebreak 8-10 for a final match score of 2-6, 7-5, (8-10). 

DeSales would win the match 6-3.

Next
The loss drops the Falcons record to 2-7 on the year and will travel to Penn State Harrisburg next week on Wednesday March 30, to play at 3:30 PM.