HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Colgate women's tennis team dropped a close decision in a 4-3 loss to South Carolina State on Tuesday.

The Bulldogs won all three doubles matches to earn the point with the Raiders falling just short in a tiebreaker in the No. 3 match.

Colgate picked up victories at No. 1, No. 2, and No. 5 singles but were narrowly edged out with SCSU earning wins in the No. 3, No. 4, and No. 6 matches.

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Bobby Pennington 
"After a really slow start in doubles, our ladies battled and clawed their way back in singles, led by Eklund, Levenson and Untermeyer in three set marathons.  I feel if we had Atallah in singles healthy and our full lineup we win that match. Extremely impressive performance considering our first time playing outside against a high quality team from South Carolina. Bring on George Mason tomorrow."

UP NEXT
The Raiders remain in Hilton Head for one more match against George Mason on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. before kicking off Patriot League play at Holy Cross on Saturday at 1 p.m.
 
Singles Results
1. Addie Eklund (COLGATE) def. Rachida Berjane (SCSU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Emme Levenson (COLGATE) def. Tedora Vujicic (SCSU) 7-6, 3-6, 7-6 (5-2) 
3. Lasya Patnaik (SCSU) def. Jordan Ben-Shmuel (COLGATE) 6-3, 6-2
4.  Silva (SCSU) def. Rebecca Wolf (COLGATE) 6-3, 7-5
5. Emily Untermeyer (COLGATE) def. Ikram Rassif (SCSU) 6-3, 2-6, 2-0
6. Anabel Aguilar Ramrez (SCSU) def. Nicole Condas (COLGATE) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles Results
1. Patnaik/Vujicic (SCSU) def. Eklund/Ben-Shmuel (COLGATE) 6-1
2. Berjane/Silva (SCSU) def. Levenson/Wolf (COLGATE) 6-4
3. Rassif/Aguilar Ramrez (SCSU) def. Atallah/Untermeyer (COLGATE) 6-5 (8-6)