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The Shippensburg University women's tennis team could not ascend to the win plateau Tuesday night in falling to Piedmont, 6-1, in evening competition in Florida.
 
Shippensburg (1-7) once again competed well in facing a quality opponent. Piedmont (11-2), a school from Georgia, went 19-3 last season and reached the NCAA Division III regional championships.
 
SU's closest matches were in the No. 4 through No. 6 singles flights. The Raiders also won No. 3 doubles, as freshman Rachel Gallagher and senior Brighid Cantwell won by a 6-2 score, but the Lions claimed the doubles point with a 6-2 win at No. 1 and a 7-5 win at No. 2.
 
Cantwell won No. 6 singles for the second straight day, defeating Daisha Thompson by a score of 6-3, 7-5.
 
Freshman Brinley Orris nearly claimed the first set at No. 5 singles, dropping the first-set tiebreaker 7-3 in a 7-6, 6-1 setback.
 
Gallagher went three sets at No. 4 singles, overcoming a 6-4 loss in the first set to take the second set 6-3. Her opponent Sarah Row claimed the third-set tiebreaker by a 10-7 margin.
 
Shippensburg will face SUNY Geneseo at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in Florida.
 
Piedmont 6, Shippensburg 1
 
Doubles:
1. Piedmont defeats Corinne Markovich/Brooklynn Rupert (SU), 6-2
2. Piedmont defeats Brinley Orris/Kendall Winters (SU), 7-5
3. Rachel Gallagher/Brighid Cantwell (SU) defeats Piedmont, 6-2
 
Singles:
1. Marion Sloyan (PU) def. Corinne Markovich (SU), 6-0, 6-3
2. Alyssa McSpadden (PU) def. Brooklynn Rupert (SU), 6-1, 6-0
3. Dannie Evans (PU) def. Kendall Winters (SU), 6-0, 6-2
4. Sarah Row (PU) def. Rachel Gallagher (SU), 6-4, 3-6, 10-7
5. Brook Patton (PU) def. Brinley Orris (SU), 7-6 (7-3), 6-1
6. Brighid Cantwell (SU) def. Daisha Thompson (PU), 6-3, 7-5