Match Results

WESTERVILLE, Ohio - The Otterbein women's tennis team saw its two-match win streak snapped with an 8-1 defeat to No. 13-ranked John Carroll on Wednesday out at the Sanders Tennis Courts.

The Cardinals (11-4 overall) suffer just their second loss in Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) action and move to 4-2 with just a pair of regular-season contests remaining on the regular-season schedule. Next up for Otterbein is a matchup against Mount Union at home on Senior Day on Apr. 22 at 1 p.m.

Otterbein faced a tough slate from the get-go as John Carroll's Lauren O'Malley, who is ranked second in the region in singles and ninth in doubles alongside Madisyn Rini, picked up wins for the Blue Streaks in both the top spot in doubles and singles play.

Senior Rylie Markle and freshman Makayla Sutter were defeated in first doubles by O'Malley and Rini (8-1), before sophomore Megan Yates and freshman Marriella Briones dropped an 8-2 decision in third doubles to Jennifer Stroyne and Carlye Campagna.

The lone point of the afternoon for the Cardinals came in second doubles, as juniors Sophia Navas-Davis and Emily Quill outlasted JCU sisters Nicollete Bourlas and Natalie Bourlas, 9-7, saving a trio of match points en route to victory.

JCU extended its lead shortly into singles competition with six-straight wins, despite battles in a fourth-singles loss by Navas-Davis to Katherine Devine (6-4, 6-4) and a defeat by the Blue Streaks' Stroyne over Briones in an 11-9 third-set tiebreaker.