ARKADELPHIA – The Ouachita Baptist University women's tennis team lost to Rhodes College at home on Saturday afternoon by a final score of 4-3.

The Tigers won all three doubles matches to secure the first point, and then dropped four of the six singles matches to fall by the one-point margin. Three of the four singles losses needed a third set to decide a victor.

Doubles

1. Shelly Davilus & Austynn Crocker (OUA) def. Emily Holderness & Lea Letourneau (RC) 7-6
2. Makeilah Turner & Olivia Gaston (OUA) def. Michelle Adan-Pol & Emma McHale (RC) 6-1
3. Clarisa Valenzuela & Taylor Hansard (OUA) def. Julia Darkey & Kate McGough (RC) 6-4
    

Singles

1. Esme Benjamin (RC) def. Turner (OUA) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4
2. Crocker (OUA) def. Adan-Pol (RC) 6-1, 6-1
3. Letourneau (RC) def. Gaston (OUA) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
4. Holderness (RC) def. Valenzuela (OUA) 7-5, 6-2
5. McHale (RC) def. Davilus (OUA) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
6. Ali May (OUA) def. Dallas Bennett (RC) 7-6, 6-2

Up next for the Tigers is a trip to Russellville on Wednesday to take on Arkansas Tech in a non-conference match starting at 2 p.m.