Indianapolis, Ind. - The Marian Women's Tennis team earned its first win of the season against Holy Cross on Sunday afternoon. After the win, the Knights move to 1-1 early in the season. 

Liliane Alinquant and Ana Barbosa Fernandez opened up the afternoon with a 6-1 win at No. 3 doubles, putting the Knights ahead. The Saints were able to fight back with a tiebreaker win at No. 2 doubles against Michelle Irigoyen and Jimena Rivera Flores with a final score of 7-6 (6-4). In a tough battle at No. 3 doubles, Holy Cross was able to defeat Yasmin Imamniyazova and Ana Lopez Torres 7-6 (7-4), earning the 1-0 lead over the Knights.

In singles action, Marian was quickly able to level the score with a pair of 6-2 wins at No. 1 singles for Imamniyazova. The Saints were able to take the lead back with a pair of 6-2 wins at No. 2 over Irigoyen. With the score 2-1 in favor of Holy Cross, Rivera Flores was able to tie the match up once more with a 6-1, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles. 

With the match at a bottleneck, Lopez Torres was able to take the lead for Marian at No. 3 singles with her 6-0, 3-6, 0-4 win due to Martinez from Holy Cross retiring the match. With the Knights in the lead, Alinquant was able to clinch the 4-2 win for Marian with her 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 5 singles. Paloma Caceres Villalba's match went unfinished at No. 6 with Paloma in the lead 6-0, 4-1.

The Knights will be back in action on Saturday, February 14th, as they travel to Valparaiso University with doubles action starting at 3 PM.

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