ORLANDO, Fla. – The University of Dayton women's tennis team fell to Duquesne 4-0 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Championship at the USTA National Campus in Orlando on Wednesday afternoon. The Flyers finish the season with a 5-14 record while the Dukes move on to the quarterfinals to take on top seeded VCU.
 
Dayton had an opportunity to take an early lead in the match after senior Kelly Pleiman and freshman Sarah DeMarco took the No. 3 doubles flight 6-2 over Natasha Novak and Priyanka Mitta, however UD failed to take either of the other two doubles flights, putting the Flyers down 1-0.
 
Sophomores Erica Wojcikiewicz and Elizabeth Hamilton, as well as Pleiman each took their first sets in singles play, with Wojcikiewicz holding a 1-0 lead in No. 2 singles, Hamilton in the third singles flight and Pleiman in No. 5 singles, but Duquesne took the match by winning courts one, four, and six to take the contest and end UD's season.
 
Pleiman is the only member of this lineup not returning next season, as the Flyers will return seven student-athletes and five of six members from this year's A-10 Championship lineup in sophomore Paige Kompa, Wojcikiewicz, Hamilton, DeMarco, and junior Natalie Stanton.