EL PASO, Texas – In the first of three road matches this weekend (Feb. 26-28), the Northern Arizona University women's tennis team fell to the University of Texas, El Paso with a final score of 5-2. Northern Arizona sealed the doubles point with wins on courts one and three, but junior Hailey Rochin was the only Lumberjack to finish on top in singles play. The Lady Miners improve to 4-5 and NAU drops to 4-5 in 2016.

"We started off really strong in doubles and I thought our intensity was good," Assistant Coach Erica Medlin said. "We continue to improve in every match but slipped a little bit in singles this afternoon. We'll take what we learned today and apply it to our next two matches this weekend."

For the first time this season, junior Marta Lewandowska and senior Jordan Denesik were paired together at No. 3 doubles. The two certainly clicked, giving NAU its first of two wins in doubles play. Blanka Szavay and Hanneke Lodewijks rattled off the second victory and they move to 4-3 this season.

After Lodewijks fell at No. 1 singles and Lewandowska dropped just her second singles match this year, Rochin snagged her third singles win of the season against UTEP's Daphne Visscher in straight sets 6-4, 6-4. Szavay also hung tough at line two, taking Lois Wagenvoort to three sets, but dropped a heartbreaker with a final score of 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4).

On deck for the Lumberjacks tomorrow, Feb. 27 is the University of Wyoming who is currently 6-4 this season. The match is set to begin at 12 p.m. MST in Las Cruces, N.M.

Results

Doubles

1. Blanka Szavay/Hanneke Lodewijks (NAU) def. Duda Santos/Vivienne Kulicke (UTEP) 6-3
2. Daphne Visscher/Lois Wagenvoort (UTEP) def. Hailey Rochin/Emelia Box (NAU) 7-6(5)
3. Marta Lewandowska/Jordan Denesik (NAU) def. Matilda Tench/Raven Bennett (UTEP) 6-1

Added: Eirene Granville/Julia Schepp (NAU) def. Bethan Hayward/Maria Paula Medina (UTEP) 6-3

Order of Finish: 3, 1, 2

Singles

1. Vivienne Kulicke (UTEP) def. Hanneke Lodewijks (NAU) 6-1, 6-1
2. Lois Wagenvoort (UTEP) def. Blanka Szavay (NAU) 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(4)
3. Duda Santos (UTEP) def. Marta Lewandowska (NAU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Hailey Rochin (NAU) def. Daphne Visscher (UTEP) 6-4, 6-4
5. Matilda Tench (UTEP) def. Jordan Denesik (NAU) 6-2, 7-6(8)
6. Raven Bennett (UTEP) def. Eirene Granville (NAU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6*, 2

*Clinched the match