Box Score Highland Heights, Ky. -- The University of Dayton women's tennis team dropped its match to Northern Kentucky by a score of 5-2 on Saturday evening. Dayton is now 1-4 this season, while Northern Kentucky evens up their record to 3-3 on the year.

Kelly Pleiman and Emily Zargham started the match strong for Dayton with a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles, but Northern Kentucky took both courts one and three on scores of 6-3 to take the doubles point.

The Flyers took two of the first three singles points to tie up the match at 2-2. Anna Delaney was winning the opening set of her match, 3-0, when her opponent retired to give her the win at No. 6 singles. Pleiman also won her singles match at No. 3 with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Taylor Culbertson.

The Flyers have a busy weekend ahead with three matches on the schedule next week. Dayton opens with a pair of matches in Kalamazoo, Mich., first against host Western Michigan on Friday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. before taking on Valparaiso the following day at 11 a.m. on Saturday. A trip west around Lake Michigan will conclude the road trip with a match at Milwaukee beginning at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

Full results from Saturday:
Northern Kentucky 5, Dayton 2
Singles (Order of Finish: 6,1,3,4,5*,2)
1. Margita Sunjic (NKU) def. Mattea Kilstofte (UD) 6-2, 6-3
2. Maria Koo (NKU) def. Emily Zargham (UD) 6-3, 6-3
3. Kelly Pleiman (UD) def. Taylor Culbertson (NKU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Elizabeth Rozin (NKU) def. Natalie Allen (UD) 6-2, 6-1
5. Katja Dijanezevic (NKU) def. Mary Brascia (UD) 6-0, 6-1
6. Anna Delaney (UD) def. Autumn Clark (NKU) 3-0, retired
 
Doubles (Order of Finish: 2,1,3*)
1. Taylor Culbertson/Maria Koo (NKU) def. Mattea Kilstofte/Natalie Allen (UD) 6-3
2. Kelly Pleiman/Emily Zargham (UD) def. Katja Dijanezevic/Elizabeth Rozin (NKU) 6-3
3. Autumn Clark/Margita Sunjic (NKU) def. Anna Delaney/Kristina Benjamin (UD) 6-3