ERIE, Pa. -- The 46th-ranked Mercyhurst women's tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to California (Pa.) in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference matchup at Pennbriar Athletic Club on Saturday.

The Lakers (5-3, 1-1) fell behind 3-0 during doubles before splitting singles play.

The No. 1 pairs match featured the 12th-rated duo in NCAA Division II -- California's Lena Dimmer and Kiefer Shaw -- which defeated the Lakers' doubles team of Adrianna Jeffress and Kayla Frost, 8-4.

Mercyhurst picked up its points in the No. 1, No. 5 and No. 6 singles matchups.

Saioa Gomez de Segura, ranked 24th in D-II, earned a point for MU at first singles over Shaw, 6-4, 6-4.

Frost added a win for the Lakers at fifth singles against Holly Bennetts, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, and Adina Spahalic won at sixth singles over Jacqueline Olivia, 6-1, 6-3.

Mercyhurst's Jeffress was faced with the task of meeting a ranked opponent herself at No. 2 singles. She fell to 30th-ranked Lena Dimmer, 6-2, 6-3.

The Lakers will be in action again on Tuesday when they host Slippery Rock.
 

Position	Mercyhurst University	California University of Pennsylvania	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	#24 Saioa Gomez de Segura	Kiefer Shaw	Mercyhurst University	6-4, 6-4
#2 Singles	Adrianna Jeffress	#30 Lena Dimmer	California University of Pennsylvania	6-2, 6-3
#3 Singles	Carmen Mantecon Duro	Jasi Witherspoon	California University of Pennsylvania	7-6 (2), 6-4
#4 Singles	Annie Baich	Veronika Mikulis	California University of Pennsylvania	2-6, 6-1, 6-2
#5 Singles	Kayla Frost	Holly Bennett	Mercyhurst University	6-2, 3-6, 7-5
#6 Singles	Adina Spahalic	Jacqueline Olivia	Mercyhurst University	6-1, 6-3
#1 Doubles	Adrianna Jeffress  Kayla Frost	#12 Kiefer Shaw  Lena Dimmer	California University of Pennsylvania	8-4
#2 Doubles	Annie Baich  Saioa Gomez de Segura	Jasi Witherspoon  Holly Bennett	California University of Pennsylvania	8-4
#3 Doubles	Adina Spahalic  Carmen Mantecon Duro	Veronika Mikulis  Alyssa Savill	California University of Pennsylvania	9-8 (7-3)