Results
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Fifth-seed Grand Valley State women's tennis 2015-16 season comes to a close after suffering a narrow 5-4 defeat to first-seed Drury on Sunday in the second round of the 2016 NCAA Division II Midwest Regional Tournament. Â
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Ranked 37th in Division II, Grand Valley State ends their season with a 24-7 record after the loss to the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region and the 20th-ranked team in the country.
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The Lakers pulled ahead of the Panthers (19-3) 2-1 after winning two doubles matches.
Abby Perkins/Livia Chrisman won match No. 3 8-2, and
Alexa Sweeney/
Madison Ballard won match No. 2 (8-5) to give GV an early lead heading into singles competition.
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Unfortunately, the Lakers couldn't keep up their momentum from doubles competition as they only won two matches in singles play. Christman won the No. 4 match (6-1, 6-1) and
Samantha Schrepferman took match No. 6 (6-3, 6-2). The deciding match came down to Sweeney in the No. 2 flight, where unfortunately she was defeated 7-6, 6-2.