NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Belmont women's tennis dropped to the Southeast Missouri Redhawks, 7-0, Saturday afternoon at Hadley Park.
To open the day, the Bruins (4-6) fell in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, as the Redhawks (9-4) notched the doubles point early on. The duo of senior Erin Allen and junior Peyton Lee were knotted up at 4-4 at the top spot before Southeast Missouri secured the point.
In singles competition, Belmont fell in a pair of tough three-set matches at positions three and five. Meanwhile, the Redhawks finished out with straight-set victories in the remaining singles matches on the afternoon.
UP NEXT: The Bruins return to action next weekend for a pair of road contests at Eastern Illinois and SIU Edwardsville.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 7, BELMONT 0
Singles competition
1. Tarajova, Romana (SEMO) def. Somer Henry (BEL-W) 6-1, 6-4
2. Hlacikov, Daniela (SEMO) def. Peyton Lee (BEL-W) 6-1, 6-0
3. Zonova, Kseniya (SEMO) def. Erin Allen (BEL-W) 6-2, 6-7, 11-9
4. Shikanova, Ksenia (SEMO) def. Drew Hawkins (BEL-W) 7-5, 6-3
5. Lai, Vivian (SEMO) def. Terra Sheldon (BEL-W) 5-7, 7-5, 10-5
6. Valeeva, Lera (SEMO) def. Maria Plaksina (BEL-W) 6-3, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. Erin Allen/Peyton Lee (BEL-W) vs. Tarajova, Romana/Zonova, Kseniya (SEMO) 4-4, unfinished
2. Valeeva, Lera/Shikanova, Ksenia (SEMO) def. Somer Henry/Lauren Carelli (BEL-W) 6-2
3. Hlacikova, Daniela/Velkoska, Teona (SEMO) def. Terra Sheldon/Drew Hawkins (BEL-W) 6-0
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (2,1,4,3,5,6)
