GREENCASTLE, Ind. – The Marian women's team dropped a tough one to DePauw on Wednesday night as the Knights fell 5-4 to bring their overall record to 14-6.

Today's match was played by NCAA rules in which the match was a nine-point match where all three doubles point count and there are eight game pro sets instead of just one six game set.

In doubles action, Dana Savarino and Isadora Muller dropped 8-2 to Ellen Gardner and Kat Wilder at No. 2 doubles, followed by Josie Yarbrough and Tea Vrkic dropping 8-6 to Alex Preston and Valerie Doherty at the No. 3 spot, and Katharina Bopst and Betija Dusele losing in a tie breaker 8-7 (9-7) at No. 1 to Kiley Shaw and Sonal Matta.

After falling behind 3-0, Marian picked it back up in singles as Vrkic got the straight 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles over Franny Werner, while Savarino won 6-2, 6-1 against Valerie Doherty at the No. 4 spot. The Knights got two more wins from Joelle Leihbacher and Muller at No. 3 and No. 5 singles. Leihbacher took down Shaw 6-4, 6-1 and Muller won in three sets at 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 1-0 (10-9). Even with the four singles wins, DePauw needed just two wins in singles to take the match, with Dusele falling 7-5, 6-2 at No. 1 to Gardner and Bopst dropping 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 to Matta at No. 2.

Marian returns to the courts on Saturday when they make the trip to Oakland City for the 12 p.m. match.

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