LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. -- No. 7 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis battled top-ranked and defending national champion Georgia Gwinnett on Friday in the first match of the Georgia Gwinnett Invitational. IWU lost its first match of the season 7-0 to the No. 1 team in the country.

MATCH VITALS

• Georgia Gwinnett Invitational
• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 0   |   Georgia Gwinnett - 7
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 13-1   |   Georgia Gwinnett 6-0
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 7   |   Georgia Gwinnett - No. 1
• Location:   GGC Tennis Facility   |   Georgia Gwinnett College   |   Lawrenceville, Georgia 
   

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Valeria Podda/Klara Dohnalova (GGC) def. Alex Mella/Lizzie Bauss (IWU) 8-4
• No. 2:  Chiara Di Salvo/Alyona Vasilyeva (GGC) def. Ellen Hornett/Olivia Reed (IWU) 8-1
• No. 3:  Margarida Abreu/Emerald Able (GGC) def. Rachel Bottorff/Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) 8-1
  
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Klara Dohnalova (GGC) vs. Rachel Bottorff (IWU) 3-6, 1-0, unfinished
• No. 2:  Chiara Di Salvo (GGC) def. Marissa Klein (IWU) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 3:  Margarida Abreu (GGC) def. Olivia Reed (IWU) 6-2, 6-0
• No. 4:  Debora Scurt (GGC) vs. Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
• No. 5:  Rebeca Scurt (GGC) def. Mikayla Marazzi (IWU) 6-0, 6-0
• No. 6:  J. van Fraaijenhoven (GGC) def. Sabrina Porter (IWU) 6-1, 6-1
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “Rachel played awesome. We need to continue to get better and be patient in the match and not press against the great teams.”
  
   

UP NEXT FOR WOMEN’S TENNIS

• Indiana Wesleyan plays a second top-10 team today as they battle No. 8 Middle Georgia State in Macon, Georgia. Match time is scheduled for 4 p.m.