Aquinas College Downs Lady Fire, 7-2

LAKELAND--The Fire women's tennis team battled for 3 1/2 hours, Wednesday evening, versus Aquinas College, eventually falling 7-2. 

The match opened with Aquinas sweeping all three doubles matches, with each match hotly contested. Chelsey Lynn and Wendey Reade battled but fell just short, 8-6, in their doubles match versus Emily Decker and Lauren Ramey. Kristina Wisor and Stephanie Dodd lost, 8-3, to Gina Kukulski and Jessica LeMirg. Playing No. 3 doubles, Heather Ericksen and Raimey Carlton lost a hard fought match, 8-5.

Wisor and Reade picked up singles victories for the Lady Fire. Wisor defeated Decker 6-1, 6-4 while Reade needed an extra tie-breaker set to beat LeMirg, winning 2-6, 6-4, 10-5.

Playing in the No. 1 singles position, Lynn came out on the losing end of a great match, falling to Daniela Fonseca 1-6, 6-3, 10-6.

Dodd also lost a heart breaking match in the No. 4 spot, losing 6-3, 4-6, 10-4.

Southeastern is now 2-7 on the year, and will travel next week to take on Shorter College, in Rome, Ga.

Aquinas College 7, Southeastern 2

Singles
1. Daniela Fonseca (A) def. Chelsey Lynn (SEU); 1-6, 6-3, 10-6
2. Kristina Wisor (SEU) def. Emily Decker (A); 6-1, 6-4
3. Wendy Reade (SEU) def. Jessica LeMirg (A); 2-6, 6-4, 10-5
4. Jenny Staup (A) def. Stephanie Dodd (SEU); 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
5. Kelsey Moellmann (A) def. Lexus Potts (SEU); 6-0, 6-0
6. Jessica Gast (A) def. Heather Ericksen (SEU); 6-3, 6-0.

Doubles
1. Decker/Lauren Ramey (A) def. Lynn/Reade; 8-6
2. Gina Kukulski/LeMirg (A) def. Wisor/Dodd; 8-3
3. Ashley Hendricks/Gast (A) def. Ericksen/Carlton; 8-5