Newberry S.C. - The Newberry College women's tennis team (8-1, 0-1 SAC) fell to the Queens Royals (1-0, 1-0 SAC) in a tightly contested match by a final score of 3-4 at the Oakland Tennis Center on Saturday.

Doubles play would prove to be hotly contested with every match being kept close. However, Queens would claim each doubles match by identical scores of 6-4, taking the doubles point.

In singles play, reigning South Atlantic Conference Player of the Week, Zulay Castaneda (Panama City, Panama) would get the Wolves in the win column after earning a 6-2 6-4 victory at No. 1 singles. Judit Gonzalez Agud (Barcelona, Spain) would then give Newberry the lead by taking the No. 3 singles position in a hard-fought three-set battle by a score of 3-6 6-2 6-2. However, the Royals would respond by earning wins at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, including an intense three-set match against Lucy Spice (Maidstone, U.K.). Queens would then take the No. 6 singles position by a score of 6-1 6-1, securing the match overall. However, despite the match having already been clinched, Nastassia Chamoun (Rouen, France) was determined to keep fighting until the end as she channeled the support of her teammates to walk away with a 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory at No. 2 singles.

The Wolves will look to bounce back on Monday, Feb. 14 when they host Benedict at the Oakland Tennis Center with the match scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.