Box Score INDIANAPOLIS - The No. 23 Marian women's team fell just short of the upset against No. 19 Indiana Wesleyan Thursday afternoon, as the Knights fell 4-3 and move to 0-2 to start the season.

Indiana Wesleyan worked through doubles quickly, grabbing the 6-2 win at the No. 2 spot with Breann Barger and Katie Parr defeating Gabriela Irigoyen Palacios and Ana Barbosa Fernandez. The doubles points was clinched by the Wildcats after Katharina Bopst and Yasmin Imamniyazova fell 6-3 to France Antezana and Sofia Loren Munoz. Paloma Caceres Villalba and Isadora Muller were trailing 5-3 before their match went unfinished. 

Barbosa Fernandez got the Knights back on track as she picked up the first singles point, winning her match 6-2, 6-4 against Antezana at the No. 2 spot. Indiana Wesleyan responded with a win at No. 1 singles as Imamniyazova fell 6-3, 6-2 to Munoz. Irigoyen Palacios tied things up again with her 6-1, 7-5 victory over Ellie Snider at the No. 3 spot, while Emma Chrome helped garner the 3-2 lead after she took down Way 7-5, 6-3 at No. 4 singles. The final matches of the day had to be moved to Indy Healthplex due to rain, as Corrio Alemany and Bopst had to wrap things up indoor. The Wildcats managed to win the match after Barger defeated Bopst 7-5, 7-5 at No. 6 singles and Parr won 6-1, 7-6 (7-2) over Sara at the No. 5 spot. 

SINGLES RECAP
#1 Munoz (IWU) def. Imamniyazova (MU) 6-3, 6-2
#2 Barbosa Fernandez (MU) def. Antezana (IWU) 6-2, 6-4
#3 Irigoyen Palacios (MU) def. Snider (IWU) 6-1, 7-5
#4 Chrome (MU) def. Way (IWU) 7-5, 6-3
#5 Parr (IWU) def. Corrio Alemany (MU) 6-1, 7-6
#6 Barger (IWU) def. Bopst (MU) 7-5, 7-5

DOUBLES RECAP
#1 Antezana/Munoz (IWU) def. Bopst/Imamniyazova (MU) 6-3
#2 Barger/Parr (IWU) def. Irigoyen Palacios/Barbosa Fernandez (MU) 6-2
#3 Way/Snider (IWU) def. Caceres Villalba/Muller (MU) 5-3

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