CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. ? Austin Peay State University women's tennis team lost a close Ohio Valley Conference decision, Saturday, falling to Eastern Illinois, 4-3, at the Governors Tennis Center.

Austin Peay started out by losing the doubles point but could do no better than split the three singles matches.
APSU won at No. 1 (Mariana Pagan), No. 2 (Michelle Liew) and No. 3 (Yuki Nakamura) singles but could not claim any of the bottom singles-half matches. Pagan dropped just two games in claiming her singles match against Hayley Homburg.

The loss drops APSU to 1-2 overall and 0-3 in the OVC.  

Eastern Illinois 4, Austin Peay 3
 Singles competition
1. PAGAN, Mariana (APSUW) def. HOMBURN, Haley (EIUW) 6-2, 6-0
2. LIEW, Michelle (APSUW) def. HUCK, Cara (EIUW) 6-4, 6-3
3. NAKAMURA, Yuki (APSUW) def. FREY, Juliana (EIUW) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3
4. DIBBS, Amanda (EIUW) def. GEORGAKOPOULOS, Demi (APSUW) 6-0, 6-3
5. BROOKS, Shannon (EIUW) def. HAYS, Brittany (APSUW) 6-4, 6-2
6. EGAN, Annie (EIUW) def. PYLE, Alexandria (APSUW) 6-2, 6-1

 Doubles competition
1. HOMBURN, Haley/DIBBS, Amanda (EIUW) def. PAGAN, Mariana/NAKAMURA, Yuki (APSUW) 8-5
2. HUCK, Cara/FREY, Juliana (EIUW) def. LIEW, Michelle/HAYS, Brittany (APSUW) 8-2
3. EGAN, Annie/BROOKS, Shannon (EIUW) def. GEORGAKOPOULOS, Demi/PYLE, Alexandria (APSUW) 8-4

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