The St. Lawrence women's tennis team opened its spring break trip in Orlando, Florida with a sweep of doubles in its first match, but North Central came back to take five of six singles matches and hand the Saints a 5-4 loss on Sunday evening.

While the Saints' top pairing of Katherine Apt and Caroline Reilly rolled to an 8-3 win at No. 1, Christina Ryan and Grace van Tartwijk battled for an 8-7 (2) tiebreak win at No. 2 over North Central's Diana Barcelata and Katie McGraw.

Carly Jefferson and Maddie Nasch also helped St. Lawrence take a 3-0 lead in the match heading into singles with an 8-5 win at No. 3.

Marie Bank was the lone winner for the Saints in singles play, as she edged Morgan House 6-4 7-5 at No. 5

First-year players Christina Ryan and Ibadat Javed both posted first-set wins at No. 1 and No. 6, respectively, before falling 6-4 in their second set matchups with the Cardinals. For Ryan, she was beaten in a third-set tiebreak 7-6 (1) by Barcelata. Javed dropped her third set against Tiffany Smolik, 6-3, in the loss.

Records – St. Lawrence (2-2), North Central (10-4)
Up Next – vs. Colorado College in Orlando, Florida at 3 p.m.