CLAREMONT, Calif. – The Salisbury University tennis teams split their matches Tuesday in California. The women topped Colorado College, 6-3, while the No. 30 men fell to No. 12 Bowdoin College, 8-1.

The Salisbury women (4-0, 1-0 Capital Athletic Conference) made a big push in singles play to overcome a 2-1 deficit after the doubles matches, claiming five of the six singles matches. The Sea Gulls did not back down, winning all of their singles matches in straight sets.

Freshman Elaina Iosue (Damascus, Md.) got the singles ball rolling, finishing her win first, 6-3, 6-1. Reigning CAC Player of the Week Angela Tenaglia (Clarksville, Md.) earned the win at No. 5 singles 6-2, 6-0 to give Salisbury a 3-2 lead. After Colorado College tied the match at three, the final three matches belonged to the Sea Gulls.

No. 1 Jackie Burr (Dover, Del.) won 6-4, 6-2, Rachel Iosue (Damascus, Md.) earned the No. 2 singles win 6-2, 6-1 and freshman Jillian Poppe (Califon, N.J.) won at No. 4 singles, 6-0, 7-5. Rachel Iosue and Kelly Fahrner (Germantown, Md.) picked up Salisbury's only doubles win, 8-4.

 The No. 11-ranked doubles team of seniors Evan Thomas (Salisbury, Md.) and Scott Burtzlaff (Clarksville, Md.) earned Salisbury's only win on the men's side, taking an 8-6 victory at No. 1 doubles.

Bowdoin swept the singles matches, but not without a fight. Junior David Lupinetti (Walkersville, Md.) took his No. 2 match to three sets, falling 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Junior Andrew Nottage (Huntingdon, Md.) also split the first two sets, falling 6-2, 3-6, 10-6.

The teams will be back in action on Wednesday, continuing their stay on the west coast. The women will take on University of La Verne while the men (3-3, 1-0 CAC) will play at Whittier College.