ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The Allegheny College women's tennis team fell in a tough matchup against Concordia University Wisconsin on Wednesday afternoon by an 8-1 final score.

The Falcons (13-2), who won the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) championship and qualified for the NCAA tournament a year ago, gave up only one point at No. 6 singles.

Freshman Omega Ba (Orlando, Fla./Edgewater) was victorious against CUW's Peyton Morgan in the sixth spot. Ba won her seventh consecutive singles match dating back to September by downing Morgan by a 6-3, 6-2 score.

Allegheny (10-5) played several close matches against Concordia Wisconsin's singles lineup. At No. 1, Emillia Grydnieva (Kyiv, Ukraine/Optima) battled the 39th-ranked singles player in the country, Ricki Budewitz, to a 6-4, 6-4 result. Maria Lounder (Pittsburgh, Pa./Moon Area) won the first set against Mallory Moen but was outlasted in a super tiebreak, 12-10. Rei Etsumi (Honolulu, Hawaii/President William McKinley) also pushed her match against Mia Andrae to a second-set tiebreak but could not force an extra set.

Doubles Results
1. Ricki Budewitz / Ashley Samuta def. Jean-Arlette Legrand / Sabrina Rodriguez, 8-2
2. Mallory Moen / Sofia Buhr def. Maria Lounder / Omega Ba, 8-1
3. Mia Andrae / Mya Werning def. Allison Riley / Sydney O'Connell, 8-3

Singles Results
1. Ricki Budewitz def. Emiliia Grydnieva, 6-4, 6-4
2. Sofia Buhr def. Jean-Arlette Legrand, 6-4, 6-1
3. Ashley Samuta def. Sabrina Rodriguez, 6-3, 6-2
4. Mallory Moen def. Maria Lounder, 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (10)
5. Mia Andrae def. Rei Etsumi, 6-4, 7-6 (6)
6. Omega Ba def. Peyton Morgan, 6-3, 6-2

Up Next
The Gators will conclude their spring break trip in Florida with a pair of matches on Thursday, March 7, against Division II Cedarville University and Spring Arbor University, an NAIA member of the Crossroads League. The first match against the Yellow Jackets is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.