AZUSA, Calif. -- No. 7 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis dropped a 5-1 decision on Tuesday to NCAA DII No. 25 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) in Azusa, California. It was the second match of the day and fourth in the last two days for the Wildcats as they continue their Spring Break trip in California. 

MATCH VITALS

• Score:  Azusa Pacific def. Indiana Wesleyan, 5-1
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 17-5   |   Azusa Pacific 5-3
• Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 7   |   Azusa Pacific - No. 25 (NCAA DII)
• Location:   M&B Tennis Complex   |   Azusa Pacific University   |   Azusa, California 
   

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Natalie Johnson/Lisa Schneider (APU) def. Alex Mella/Lizzie Bauss (IWU) 8-6
• No. 2:  Valeriia Kashina/Jackie Resler (APU) def. Ellen Hornett/Olivia Reed (IWU) 8-1
• No. 3:  Rachel Bottorff/Mikayla Marazzi (IWU) def. Kara Hinton/Tatiana Betancourt (APU) 9-8
  
   

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Natalie Johnson (APU) def. Rachel Bottorff (IWU) 6-2, 6-2
• No. 2:  Lisa Schneider (APU) def. Lizzie Bauss (IWU) 6-1, 6-1
• No. 3:  Valeriia Kashina (APU) led Alex Mella (IWU) 6-4, 4-0, unfinished
• No. 4:  Kara Hinton (APU) def. Marissa Klein (IWU) 6-1, 6-2
• No. 5:  Jackie Resler (APU) led Olivia Reed (IWU) 6-3, 3-2 unfinished
• No. 6:  Tatiana Betancourt (APU) led Thewuni Devaraja (IWU) 6-3, 5-3 unfinished
   

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

• “With four matches in two days the girls are exhausted. We simply ran out of gas against a very good team from Azusa. We are hoping these types of days will help us mentally and physically when we get to the nationals tournament at the end of the year.”
  
   

UP NEXT FOR WOMEN’S TENNIS

• Indiana Wesleyan will take Wednesday off before returning to action on Thursday for a pair of match in San Diego. IWU battles No. 18 Arizona Christian and No. 13 San Diego Christian (Calif.).