Sumter, S.C. - The Lincoln Memorial women's tennis team lost in the quarterfinals of the South Atlantic Conference tournament on Thursday, as the sixth-seeded Railsplitters fell to three-seed Wingate 4-0. 

Despite dropping the doubles point to the Bulldogs, the Railsplitters held a lead in the second doubles match, as the pairing of Mar Garcia Bucosa and Alexandra Ortiz trading points early with the Bulldogs pair before taking a late 5-4 advantage when play shifted to the singles court.  

The Railsplitters took two sets on the singles courts. Mia Rodriguez would open the third singles match with a comeback first set victory, as after Wingate opened the match with a 3-1 lead, Rodriguez would draw the set within one score. The Bulldogs again stretched the lead to two, scoring the fourth point to lead 4-2 on Rodriguez. But Rodriguez would rally, securing the final four points of the opening set to take a 6-4 win in an unfinished match.  

Garcia Bucosa would pick up LMU's other singles set win, starting the sixth match with a dominant win over Wingate. After starting trailing Wingate 2-1, Garcia Bucosa began to run away with the set, scoring five of the last seven points scored to overtake Wingate and holding onto a 6-3 win. 

The Railsplitters end their season with a record of 11-12, having gone 6-5 in South Atlantic Conference games. 

RESULTS 

Doubles:  

#1: Adriana Pellizzari/Natalia Reimer vs Daniela Kotara/Anastasiia Oktiabreva: 2-6 

#2: Mar Garcia Bucosa/Alexandra Ortiz vs Fernanda Castillo/Honomi Watanabe: 5-4 (UF) 

#3: Rosalie Carrier-Dulac/Lucie Palud vs Claudia Vallejos/Mariia Bobrovska: 4-6 

Singles: 

#1: Adriana Pellizzari vs Claudia Vallejos: 2-6, 3-6 

#2: Natalia Reimer vs Anastasiia Oktiabreva: 3-6, 2-6 

#3: Mia Rodriguez vs Fernanda Castillo: 6-4, 3-2 (UF) 

#4: Rosalie Carrier-Dulac vs Honomi Watanabe: 2-6, 1-6 

#5: Alexandra Ortiz vs Mariia Bobrovska: 3-6, 1-2 (UF) 

#6: Mar Garcia Bucosa vs Benedetta Palazzo: 6-3, 0-3 (UF)