SCORE: IT 1, UNOH 8
RECORD: Indiana Tech (3-6, 1-2 WHAC), No. 18 Northwestern Ohio (12-6, 4-0 WHAC)
LOCATION: Fort Wayne, Ind. (Swinney Park)
 
BRIEF: The Indiana Tech women's tennis team returned to full strength in time to welcome 18th-ranked Northwestern Ohio to Swinney Park on Tuesday, but fell to the Racers, 8-1. Stephanie Perez and Ashley Benvenuti got the Warriors lone win at No. 3 doubles while four individuals won at least one game.
 
FLOW:
The Racers top two doubles pairs featured a pair or ranked players and led to a pair of 8-0 wins. The Warriors duo of Perez and Benvenuti defeated the UNOH pair of Xiomara Aguilar and Emily Fernandez with an 8-6 victory.
 
Raquel Manzoni took three games at No. 1 singles before falling to 15th-ranked Melena Lopez, 6-1, 6-2 while the Warriors No. 3, Anabell Cordero, took two games from the NAIA's 48th-ranked Raquel Marques, but eventually fell 6-1, 6-1. Ana Hernandez and Ashley Benvenuti also won games in their matches, but eventually suffered the same fate.
 
IN THE NUMBERS:
Perez and Benvenuti improved to 2-1 as a doubles pair…Tech is now 17-35 in singles play and 7-18 in doubles action…Benvenuti is 2-2 in doubles action and Cordero and 6-3 in singles play
 
UP NEXT: The Warriors return to action for their second of eight contests in eight days when they host Concordia (Mich.) at Swinney Park on Wednesday, Apr. 16 at 4 p.m.
 
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