DUE WEST, S.C. - Newberry College sophomore Rebecca Gibbons won her no. 6 singles match against Erskine, but the Wolves lost their first match of the season, 4-3 to the Flying Fleet on Tuesday. 

Junior Judit Gonzalez Agud and senior Elisa Aguirre remained perfect on the season with a 6-4 win at first doubles. Even though freshman Rosie Harfield and freshman Ish Singh lost 3-6 at no 2 doubles, junior Amy Griffiths and junior Lucy Spice won 6-3 at third doubles to secure the doubles point for the Wolves.

Newberry was up 2-1 at the completion of the first two singles matches with Griffiths winning 6-2, 6-2, and Singh losing 6-7, 1-6. Gonzalez Agud and Gibbons were the next two Wolves to finish. Gonzalez Agud lost 3-6, 2-6 at first singles, but Gibbons won 5-7, 6-4, 6-0 to keep Newberry ahead 3-2. The final two matches did not go Newberry's way even though both women played tough into the third sets. Aguirre's 6-3, 4-6, 4-6 loss at second singles and Spice's 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 loss at fifth singles thrust Erskine into the lead for the win, 4-3.

FAST FACTS 

• Griffiths is 10-0 overall on the year after her two wins. She is the defending South Atlantic Conference AstroTurf Player of the Week.
• Three matches went into a decisive third set, but Gibbons was the only Wolves player to win in three.
• Newberry outscored Erskine 32-28 total across the first sets of each match at singles play. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
The men's and women's tennis teams are in Charlotte, N.C. for a makeup match against Queens University of Charlotte on Thursday, Feb. 25 at 3 p.m. The matches were originally scheduled for Monday, February 22, but they were postponed due to rain.