The Illinois Springfield women's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision Sunday to Drury at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo. The Prairie Stars battled in several competitive matches but were unable to turn key moments in their favor.

Drury claimed the doubles point, winning two of the three matches. At No. 1, Ema Norma Bordean and Niamh Grogan fell 6-4, while Maria Garcia Gama and Alisha Deogaonkar dropped a 6-3 decision at No. 2. UIS picked up a win at No. 3, where Jane Carter and Cristina Mendoza Romero earned a 6-2 victory.

In singles play, UIS secured its lone point at No. 6. Garcia Gama delivered a strong performance with a 6-2, 6-1 win.

At the top of the lineup, Bordean fell 6-2, 6-1. Mendoza Romero was edged in three sets at No. 2, falling 1-6, 6-2, 6-4. Grogan dropped a 6-1, 6-4 decision at No. 3, and Deogaonkar was defeated 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4. Carter battled at No. 5 but came up short in a third-set tiebreak, 6-0, 0-6, [10-2].

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UIS will remain in Springfield, Mo., to face Evangel on Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. at the Cooper Tennis Complex.