Chattanooga, Tenn., March 2, 2018 – The No. 11-ranked Washington University in St. Louis women's tennis team suffered an 8-1 loss to No. 10 Carnegie Mellon in the opening round of the 2018 ITA National Division III Team Indoor Championships Friday morning in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Carnegie Mellon won its fourth-straight match to improve 9-1, while WashU suffered its first loss of the season and fell to 2-1.

Match-by-Match Results
Doubles:
1. #10 Cori Sidell/Courtney Ollis (CMUW) def. #6 Grace Deering/Ally Persky (WASHUW) 8-6
2. #5 Vinaya Rao/Melissa Strome (CMUW) def. Ashley Lessen/Lily Schroeder (WASHUW) 8-5
3. Katie Lai/Jamie Vizelman (CMUW) def. Lisa Chionis/Sanjna Tripathy (WASHUW) 8-6

Singles:
1. #34 Cori Sidell (CMUW) def. #18 Grace Deering (WASHUW) 6-4, 6-2
2. #31 Vinaya Rao (CMUW) def. #17 Ashley Lessen (WASHUW) 6-2, 7-6
3. Jamie Vizelman (CMUW) def. Ally Persky (WASHUW) 6-3, 6-2
4. Brigitte Hodge (WASHUW) def. Katie Lai (CMUW) 6-2, 6-3
5. Melissa Strome (CMUW) def. Sanjna Tripathy (WASHUW) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
6. Marina Selenica (CMUW) def. Libby Jubas (WASHUW) 6-0, 7-5 

Notes:
• Hodge remained undefeated in singles (3-0) this season
• The Bears are 1-1 against ranked teams this year 

Up Next:
WashU takes on the loser of No. 2 Emory University and No. 17 and host Sewanee: University of the South Saturday at 1 p.m. (ET) at The Baylor School.