DEKALB, Ill. -- The Lewis University women's tennis team competed at the Northern Illinois Huskie Invite this past weekend (Oct. 27-Oct. 29).

In Flight A singles east draw stage, Casey Smith (Portage, Mich./Portage Central) fell in a three-set tiebreaker in the quarterfinals to Chicago State's Sofiya Sedovich 3-6, 6-0 [10-5]. Smith came back in the west draw stage and won in the semifinals against University of St. Thomas' Jannah Elnemr 7-5, 6-1. Smith won the finals in the west draw stage after defeating St. Thomas' Marthe Degeorges 6-2, 7⁷-6^3. 

In Flight B singles east draw stage, Sreevally Medishetti lost in the quarterfinals against Northern Illinois' Isabella Righi, 6-1, 6-1. Brooklyn Ross (Littleton, Colo.) was able to advance to the Flight B Semifinals after defeating Chicago State's Manuella Peguy Eloundou Nga, 6-4, 3-6 [10-7]. Ross was defeated by Northern Illinois' Nataly Miroslavova Ninova in a three-set tiebreaker 6³-7⁷, 6-3, [10-4]. In Flight B in the west draw stage, Medishetti defeated Nga, 6-1, 7^7-6¹. 

In Flight C singles east draw stage, Benedetta Luccone (Roccagorga, Italy) dropped her match to NIU's Jenna Horne, 6-0, 6-1. Anabel Aguilar (San Luis Potosi, Mexico/South Carolina State) suffered a setback in the same flight to St. Thomas' Naisha Srivastav, 6-3, 6-1.

In the west draw stage, Luccone lost her match to St. Thomas' Caroline Lindahl 6-3, 6-0. Also in the west draw, Aguilar lost her match to Lindahl 6-2, 6-1.

In Flight D singles east draw stage, Sage Hills (Bloomingdale, Ill./Glenbard North) fell to Chicago State's Helin Alvarez 6-1, 6-0. In the west draw stage, Hills was able to win the finals after winning a pair of matches including one against St. Thomas' Regina Talavera 6-1, 6-1. Hills then went on to defeat Danina Hughes of Chicago State in straight sets 6-2, 6-0.

In Flight A doubles east draw stage, Smith and Hills lost their match in the quarterfinals to NIU's Erika Dimitriev and Ninova 6-1. In the west draw stage the Lewis duo sufferred a setback against St. Thomas' Degeorges and Margaret Johnson 6-2. 

In Flight B doubles east draw stage, Ross and Aguilar were able to advance to the finals after winning the quarterfinals and semifinals. The duo defeated Danina Hughes of Chicago State and Emma Pilipovic-Kljajic 6-2.

In the semifinals, Ross and Aguilar defeated Chicago State's Amina Taibi and Manuella Peguy Eloundou Nga 6-3. In the finals, the duo lost to Lukyanova and Righi of Northern Illinois 6-3.