DEKALB, Ill.  -- The Lewis University women's tennis team suffered a setback against NCAA Division II Northern Illinois 6-1 at the Nelson Tennis Center Saturday (Feb. 15). 

DOUBLES
1. Jordane Dookie (Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago/St. Joseph's Convent Port-of-Spain)/Sofiia Vdovychenko (Kyiv, Ukraine/Arkansas State) (LEWIS) defeated Isabella Righi/Lucia Yecora (NIU-W) 7-5
2. Jenna Horne/Reagan Welch (NIU-W) defeated Sreevally Medishetti (Hyderabad, India/St. Francis College for Women)/Benedetta Luccone(Roccagorga, Italy/Isiss Teodosio Rossi Priverno) (LEWIS) 7-6 (8-6)
3. NIU won by forfeit.

SINGLES
1. Maria Dzemeshkevich (NIU-W) defeated Dookie (LEWIS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2. Irmak Budak (NIU-W) defeated Vdovychenko (LEWIS) 6-1, 6-1
3. Welch (NIU-W) defeated Medishetti (LEWIS) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
4. Luccone (LEWIS) defeated Horne (NIU-W) 7-5, 7-5
5. Sydney Paradise (NIU-W) defeated Avelynn Wen (Taipei, Taiwan/Taipei Municipal Nangang Vocation) (LEWIS) 6-1, 6-2
6. NIU won by forfeit.

UP NEXT
Lewis will be back in action Friday, February 21 as the Flyers host Walsh at Challenge Fitness in Lockport, Illinois starting at 7:30 p.m. CT.