SPRINGBORO, Ohio – Looking for its second straight win, the IUPUI women’s tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision to Wright State in its first of two weekend matches in the Dayton, Ohio-area Friday evening.
 
The loss dropped the Jaguars to 2-8 on the season.
 
After Wright State captured all three doubles matches, the Jags fell behind 3-0 with losses at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles spots.
 
However, the Jaguars picked up wins at the No.3 and No. 4 spots behind strong play from Shelby Hullett and Vanessa Whyte. At the No. 3 slot, Hullet overcame a 7-5 opening-set loss to win a close second-set, 7-6, before emerging victorious in the third-set tiebreaker, 10-5.
 
Whyte’s opening set came down to a few clutch points and the London, England-native came up big in those points leading to a 7-6 opening set win. Once Whyte got past the first set, she went on to win the second-set by a more comfortable 6-3 margin.
 
Unfortunately, straight-set losses at the No. 5 and No. 6 spots handed the Raiders the 5-2 victory.
 
IUPUI is back in action at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 18, when it heads to nearby Dayton, Ohio to take on the Dayton Flyers.
 
Wright State 5, IUPUI 2
2/17/12 at Springboro, OH (South Regency Tennis Center)

Doubles competition

1. Abby Lewis/Masha Peresetsky (WSU) def. Alisha Cummings/Danielle Haefele (IUPUI) 8-2

2. Taylor Hines/Kayla Tuscany (WSU) def. Rachael Bridegroom/Shelby Hullett (IUPUI) 8-3

3. Alex Bastock/Amy Nini (WSU) def. Abbey Neff/Vanessa Whyte (IUPUI) 8-7

Singles competition

1. Kayla Tuscany (WSU) def. Danielle Haefele (IUPUI) 6-0, 6-1

2. Masha Peresetsky (WSU) def. Alisha Cummings (IUPUI) 6-4, 6-0

3. Shelby Hullett (IUPUI) def. Alex Bastock (WSU) 5-7, 7-6, 10-5

4. Vanessa Whyte (IUPUI) def. Taylor Hines (WSU) 7-6, 6-3

5. Amy Nini (WSU) def. Abbey Neff (IUPUI) 6-2, 6-4

6. Abby Lewis (WSU) def. Rachael Bridegroom (IUPUI) 6-1, 6-2