ASHLAND, Mich. - The Saginaw Valley State University women's tennis team fell to Ashland University today (Oct. 2), 7-2 in a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference match.  The loss drops the Cardinals overall record to 2-4 on the season and 2-4 in the GLIAC while Ashland moves to 8-2 overall on the season and 7-2 in GLIAC play.

Freshman Andrea Calhoun (Midland, Mich.) defeated Ashland's Erika Sullivan in no. 2 singles 6-4, 6-1 while senior Cortney Heileman (East China, Mich./St Clair HS) was successful in no. 4 singles, defeating Corinne Pasley 6-2, 7-5.

The Cardinals were unsuccessful in doubles-play, however the duo of sophomore Yunjiao Shangguan (Chengdu, China/Shiyang HS) and Calhoun put up a battle, but fell 9-8, 7-3.

The Saginaw Valley tennis team will return to action tomorrow (Oct. 3) as they travel to take on Ohio Dominican in their third GLIAC match-up of the weekend.  The match is scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.