GRIFFITH, Ind. -- The Purdue Northwest women's tennis team nearly pulled off their first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference victory of the season but Davenport had a late rally which allowed them to pick up the win. 

The Panthers (1-4, 1-4 GLIAC) defeated the Pride (3-5, 0-5 GLIAC), 4-3, at Match Point Tennis and Fitness Club. Davenport started the match won two out of the three doubles matches to go ahead 1-0.

Giulia Castiglioni (Lugano, Switzerland) and Pia Schmedding (Hamburg, Germany) won at No. 2 doubles against DU's Sophie Gossett and Bruna Ralheta, 6-3. At No. 1 doubles, Lena van Bergen (Wesel, Germany) and Patricia Dizon (Arlington Heights, Ill.) picked up two victories but Davenport's Hannah Murphy and Adeline Nelson won the match 6-2.

Dizon came back and won at No. 4 singles against Gossett in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. Carolina Yepez (Guayaquil, Ecuador) picked up the victory at No. 5 singles against Vladislava Shumilova. Anna Wachowski also won her match at No. 6 singles after leading the first set, 5-0, her opponent Steph Rison retired.

PNW returns to action next Saturday, October 13 as the Pride host Lake Superior State with match time scheduled for 10 a.m. at Dowling Park.

10/06/2018
DU 4, PNW 3
Griffith, Ind. (Match Point)
SINGLES -- 1. Adeline Nelson (DUWT) def. Lena van Bergen (PNWWT) 6-3, 6-4; 2. Hannah Murphy (DUWT) def. Giulia Castiglioni (PNWWT) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; 3. Bruna Ralheta (DUWT) def. Pia Schmedding (PNWWT) 6-3, 7-5; 4. Patricia Dizon (PNWWT) def. Sophie Gossett (DUWT) 6-3, 6-2; 5. Carolina Yepez (PNWWT) def. Vladislava Shumilova (DUWT) 1-6, 2-1, retired; 6. Anna Wachowski (PNWWT) def. Steph Ritson (DUWT) 5-0, retired

DOUBLES -- 1. Hannah Murphy/Adeline Nelson (DUWT) def. Lena van Bergen/Patricia Dizon (PNWWT) 6-2; 2. Giulia Castiglioni/Pia Schnedding (PNWWT) def. Sophie Gossett/Bruna Ralheta (DUWT), 6-3; 3. Vladislava Shumilova/Steph Ritson (DUWT) def. Cynthia Basu-Chavez/Carolina Yepez (PNWWT) 6-0