BOX SCORE MARIETTA, Ohio - The Capital women's tennis team took four singles matches to a third set and dropped all three doubles decisions by close margins in a 9-0 Ohio Athletic Conference women's tennis loss to at Marietta on Thursday.
The Crusaders (1-10, 1-4 OAC) had close singles matches by sophomore Robin Burnette (West Chester, Ohio/Lakota West HS) and the freshman trio Kristen Foss (Elyria, Ohio/Elyria HS), Taylor Gilliam (Lebanon, Ohio/Lebanon HS) and freshman Krissy Lahman (Brunswick, Ohio/Brunswick HS), but could not muster a victory against the Pioneers (2-5, 1-4 OAC).
At first singles, Burnette won the first set, 7-5, but lost, 6-4 in the next and in the third set tiebreaker 10-1.
Foss fell at second singles by a count of 6-0, 4-6, 6-0 while Gillam dropped the third singles match 6-0, 2-6, 13-11.
Lahman also lost at sixth singles in a close three-set match 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-3.
Capital returns to play at the Columbus School for Girls' Kirk Campus on Tuesday as it plays host to OAC rival Baldwin-Wallace beginning at 3:30 p.m.