NEWBURGH, N.Y. – The Manhattanville College women's tennis team dropped a close Skyline Conference matchup on Thursday night, falling to Mount Saint Mary College by a score of 5-4. The loss drops the Valiants' regular-season record to 2-4 overall and 1-3 in conference play.

The Valiants opened up doubles play as they have all season long, as Renay Charley (Redondo Beach, Calif./Redondo Union) and Bea Pretnar (Mohegan Lake, N.Y./Soundview Prep) improved their season record in the first doubles position to 5-0. The duo earned an 8-3 win over the Knights' Carly Green and Julia Flynn. Mount Saint Mary would equal the match score as Katie Murray and Victoria Valencia blanked Kelsey Ulzheimer (Franklin Square, N.Y./H. Frank Carey) and Ella Brown (Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich), 8-0. The Knights would take the third doubles position by default, holding a 2-1 advantage entering singles play.

Manhattanville would take three of the four singles matches played. Charley bested Murray 6-0, 6-1, while Pretnar picked up a 6-3, 6-1 win over Flynn. In third singles, Ulzheimer would defeat Green 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. The Knights would pick up a crucial win in fourth singles, with Grace Monahan picking up a 6-0, 6-0 win over Brown. With Mount Saint Mary taking the remaining singles matches by default, the Knights were able to ultimately take the match.

Up Next
The Valiants welcome Sarah Lawrence College to the Manhattanville Tennis Courts on Saturday at 1 p.m. for a Skyline Conference match.

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