SAINT LEO, Fla. – The No.24 Saint Leo women's tennis team dropped a 5-4 decision to No. 17 Florida Southern on Wednesday at the Saint Leo Tennis Center. The tight loss lowers Saint Leo's overall record to 3-1, 1-1 in the Sunshine State Conference.

"We knew we were in for a battle today and a five and a half hour battle we got," explained Head Coach Chad Berryhill. "This was a very good match by both teams with doubles being the biggest decider. Our team is young so we need to learn and grow from this match in order to prepare when we have this kind of opportunity again."

First double partners Marta Vicens Miquel and Maja Pindelska took the only win for Saint Leo in doubles play; 8-6.

Kristyna Jurkova won second singles 6-3, 6-4 while Madeleine Gauthier won fourth singles 6-3, 6-3 and Fabiola Cardenas won fifth singles in three sets; 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Saint Leo returns to the courts on Saturday, February 24 at 11:00 a.m. to continue conference play against Barry.

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