HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The Mercyhurst women's tennis team dropped a 7-0 contest to non-conference opponent Palm Beach Atlantic on Friday.

PBA jumped ahead to a 1-0 lead with wins in all three doubles matches. It followed with wins in every singles contest, as well.

Kayla Frost battled Palm Beach's top individual player, Isabella Mermersky, at No. 1 singles to a tiebreaker. Mermersky emerged the victor, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (10-7).



Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) def. Mercyhurst University 7-0
S1: Isabella Mermersky def. Kayla Frost 6-1, 6-7(5), 1-0(7)
S2: Vanessa Buchbinder def. Sangeeta Roopan 6-3, 6-3
S3: Consuela Van Grinsven def. Ivona Plecevic 6-1, 6-3
S4: Yuliia Russu def. Athina Tsagkaraki 6-4, 6-4
S5: Nicole Reich def. Naomi Jahr 6-4, 6-2
S6: Verena Weindl def. Hannah Wenzel 6-0, 6-4
D1: Vanessa Buchbinder / Yuliia Russu def. Kayla Frost / Sangeeta Roopan 6-4
D2: Isabella Mermersky / Consuela Van Grinsven def. Ivona Plecevic / Athina Tsagkaraki 6-2
D3: Nicole Reich / Elvira Edstrom def. Naomi Jahr / Hannah Wenzel 6-1