ORLANDO, Fla. – A back-and-forth battle went against the Salisbury University women's tennis team as they dropped a close 5-4 match to the Kalamazoo Hornets on Sunday to open its Florida trip.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Hannah Carter and Evelyn Whiteside collected the lone doubles win with an 8-2 victory in third doubles over Soussana Kimbouris and Lauren Marshall.
• The two teams split the singles matches
• Sarah Cooper outlasted Ivy Carter in a three-setter in third singles. Cooper won the first set in a tiebreaker before Carter tied the match in the second set. Cooper then secured the win in the third-set tiebreaker, 7-6(7-4), 1-6, 10-5.
• Olivia Hall picked up a clean 6-0, 6-0 sweep in fourth singles over Molly Stevison.
• Leah Osmon earned a 6-3, 6-0 win in sixth singles over Anna Buck.
• Carter had a tough match in fifth singles against Kimbouris but fell in the third-set tiebreaker, 4-6, 7-6, 10-4.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury will be back in action tomorrow morning against Oglethorpe.
• The match is scheduled to begin at 7:30 a.m.

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