MIAMISBURG, Ohio – The University of Dayton women's tennis team fell on Friday night to Eastern Michigan 4-3 at South Regency Tennis Center in Miamisburg.
 
The loss puts the Flyers at 0-2 on the young season. Eastern Michigan improves to 2-1.
 
UD opened the night by dropping the doubles point. The Eagles took all three doubles frames from the Flyers.
 
In singles play, senior Kelly Pleiman put the Flyers on the board with a win in No. 4 singles, taking down Eastern Michigan's Vered Bert in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. The Flyers dropped No. 2, 3, and 5 singles, however with sophomore Erica Wojcikiewicz, sophomore Elizabeth Hamilton, and freshman Sarah DeMarco competing in those flights respectively.
 
The Flyers closed out the night with wins from sophomore Paige Kompa and junior Claire Ghidotti. Kompa took down EMU's Isabelle Pompa in No. 1 singles, winning a 10-7 decision on a tiebreak for the third set. Ghidotti dropped the first set in No. 6 singles, but rallied to take the second set 7-6 in a tiebreak and won the tiebreak 12-10 to cap off the night for Dayton.
 
Eastern Michigan 4, Dayton 3
 
Singles
1. Paige Kompa (DAYTON) def. Isabelle Popma (EMU) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Vasavi Ganesan (EMU) def. Erica Wojcikiewicz (DAYTON) 6-3, 6-4
3. Luisa Pelayo (EMU) def. Elizabeth Hamilton (DAYTON) 6-1, 6-1
4. Kelly Pleiman (DAYTON) def. Vered Bert (EMU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Emma-Lou Pommiers (EMU) def. Sarah DeMarco (DAYTON) 6-3, 6-0
6. Claire Ghidotti (DAYTON) def. Julia Piatek (EMU) 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 1-0 (12-10)
 
Doubles
1. Isabelle Popma/Vasavi Ganesan (EMU) def. Paige Kompa/Elizabeth Hamilton (DAYTON) 6-1
2. Grace Whitney/Luisa Pelayo (EMU) def. Erica Wojcikiewicz/Natalie Stanton (DAYTON) 6-2
3. Emma-Lou Pommiers/Julia Piatek (EMU) def. Kelly Pleiman/Sarah DeMarco (DAYTON) 6-2
 
The Flyers will remain home for a match Saturday afternoon against UIC. The contest is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. at South Regency Tennis Center