The Skyhawk women’s tennis team won a close match, 4-3, Saturday over host Lipscomb University in Nashville.

The match required some strong singles play at the top of the lineup from Katrina Domela, Sara Leavy, Jeanne DeWet, and Ernestine Koornof. Having lost the doubles point the team needed to get four wins at singles and these four got it done.

“Lipscomb has a solid team this year and if our girls had not played well we could have easily lost this match,” said Dennis Taylor, the Skyhawks’ head tennis coach.

Another factor for the close match could have been that the girls were missing two of their top six players, Amber Garza and Elizma Schoonees.

“The match should not have been this tough but with Elizma and Amber out, the match was way too close for me,” Taylor said.

The men’s tennis team lost its spring opener to host Vanderbilt, 7-0, Friday.

The Skyhawks were missing one of their top players, senior Adolfo Anzola, who was out with an ankle injury.

“The loss of Adolfo Anzola was too much for us to overcome against a team like Vanderbilt,” said Taylor.

“We have a strong team this year, and I felt we had a good chance for a win, but when Adolfo went down with an ankle injury last week, so did our chances of an upset against Vandy,” said Taylor.

“Vandy made us pay for our mistakes and also showed areas we need to improve on. This is definitely not a set back, but shows us we need to work harder on some areas,” said senior, Danny McGuire.

The men will play at 6 p.m, Friday, Feb. 3, against Lipscomb in Nashville.