April 3, 2009

Complete Results

Romeoville, Ill. - The Lewis University women's tennis team put forth a valiant effort against Bellarmine on Friday afternoon, but the Flyers were unable to get over the hump as the visiting Knights earned the 8-1 Great Lakes Valley Conference Victory at the Lewis Tennis Courts.

"The final score doesn't indicate how close we were of beating a very good Bellarmine team," Lewis Assistant Women's Tennis Coach Slavko Radman said. "We just need to find a way to play better at the end of sets and matches."

With the victory, Bellarmine improves to 8-5 on the campaign and 3-2 in GLVC action, while the Flyers fall to 6-7 on the season and 1-3 in conference play.

Lewis freshman Katie Hargrove (O'Fallon, Ill./O'Fallon) and graduate student Melanie Sandberg (Motala, Sweden/Platenskolan/Truman College) claimed the lone victory for the Flyers with the 9-7 win at No. 1 doubles over Bellarmine's Rebecca Porter and Emily Roebker.

The Flyers return to action on Saturday (April 4), as they host Kentucky Wesleyan for a 10 a.m. first serve.

A Catholic University sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis offers nearly 80 undergraduate majors and programs of study, accelerated degree completion options for working adults, various aviation programs and 22 graduate programs in nine fields. The mid-sized university is being honored for the fifth consecutive year by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report. For more information please visit www.lewisu.edu.

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