LATROBE, Pa. - The Saint Vincent women's tennis team battled but ultimately fell to the visiting Grove City Wolverines, 5-3.

In doubles play the Bearcats fell behind early, dropping the second and third flights. Maura Skelley and Angela Popovich got SVC on the board with an 8-6 win at the top flight to wrap up doubles action.

Lauren Hartner was a winner in singles for the Bearcats at fifth singles. Hartner dropped her first set 0-6 before storming back to claim the second set with a 6-0 of her own and the third set tiebreaker, 10-4. Popovich was a double winner for Saint Vincent, winning her singles match by a score of 6-4, 6-2 in the second position. The Wolverines claimed wins at thirds fourth and sixth singles to win the match. With the match having already been decided the final match was left unfinished due to darkness. 

The loss drops Saint Vincent to 3-6 (2-4 PAC) on the year. The Bearcats will wrap up conference play with their next match, a road test against Thiel on Sunday, Oct 10, at 1:00pm.