MURRAY, Ken. – In their second tilt over a three-day period, the Missouri State women's tennis team (5-5) fell shy in a couple key matchups to drop 6-1 against Murray State Saturday afternoon.
 
"Tough match up and down the lineup," said head coach Mallory Weber. "We had opportunities at every position but Murray State played the big moments much stronger."
 
Murray State opened doubles play with a win in the third flight, but the tandem of Anna Alons and Ellie Burger battled to even the score in the No. 1 spot, 6-3.
 
A tight contest in the No. 2 position favored the Racers, who beat out Alye Darter and Mara Presot, 7-6, for the doubles point.
 
Murray State (5-4)  took the first three singles points in the first, fourth, and third flights to clinch the match. Anna Alons earned the lone win for the Bears in a three-set 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 victory.
 
The Bears will cap their trip with a stop in Nashville, Tenn. to face Tennessee State at 9 a.m.
 
Doubles
 
Ellie Burger/Anna Alons (MSU) def. Anja Loncarevic / Stasya Sharapova (MURRAY) 6-3
Claire Chang/Jeanne Masson (MURRAY) def. Alye Darter/Mara Presot (MSU) 7-6
Amina Hadzic / Sara Loncarevic (MURRAY) def. Fati Khamissi/Alexia Meyer (MSU), 6-2
 
Singles
 
Claire Chang (MURRAY) def. Alye Darter (MSU) 6-2, 6-1
Anna Alons (MSU) def. Anja Loncarevic (MURRAY) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
Stasya Sharapova (MURRAY) def. Fati Khamissi (MSU) 6-4, 7-6
Aarja Chakraborty (MURRAY) def. Ellie Burger (MSU) 6-3, 7-5
Sara Loncarevic (MURRAY) def. Clara Gandara Gonzalez (MSU) 6-3, 6-4
Amina Hadzic (MURRAY) def. Alexia Meyer (MSU) 6-3, 6-4