PARKLAND - Pacific Lutheran picked up a pair of singles wins and had several close battles in doubles before dropping a 7-2 non-conference women's tennis match to the visiting College of Idaho Coyotes on Friday afternoon at the PLU courts.

The PLU wins came from Ashley Coats, who defeated Kate Leadbetter in a super tiebreaker, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7) at No. 1 singles, and from Deanna Ellmer, who got the better of Molly Leadbetter, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 5 singles. The Lutes came close in one other singles match as Caitlyn Hoerr battled Teresa Kucera to three sets before dropping a 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 decision at No. 6.

All three doubles matches were close, particularly at No. 1 where Kim Clemento and Kate Leadbetter took a 9-8 (7-5) victory over Heidi Weston and Tina Aarsvold. At No. 2 doubles, Melissa Rowe and Molly Leadbetter tripped Coats and Hoerr, 8-5, while Haley Hutchings and Kucera topped Ali Burnside and Ellmer, 8-6, at No. 3.

The win was the first in three matches for College of Idaho this season while the Lutes fell to 2-11 with the defeat.

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