The Youngstown State women's tennis team opened the dual season with a tough 5-2 defeat to Toledo on Friday afternoon at the YSU Indoor Tennis Center.

Jessica Stanmore picked up a victory at No. 5 singles and YSU battled to take the doubles point from the Rockets.

In doubles, YSU cruised to a 6-2 win at No. 1 before Toledo earned a 6-3 win at No. 2. At No. 3, Moka Ito and Lili Minich played a marathon match with Marion Perez and Shalini Tallamraju. The Penguins had four match points and the Rockets had one in the tiebreaker before YSU was able to earn a 10-8 win in the tiebreaker.

All of the singles contests were closely contested to extend the match to three hours and 45 minutes.

At No. 5, Stanmore won 6-3, 6-3 but the Guins dropped tough three-set matches at No. 1 and No. 3 as the Rockets earned the win.

The Penguins return to action on Sunday morning when they play host to Carnegie Mellon at the YSU Indoor Tennis Center. First serve is set for 9:30 a.m.

Toledo 5, YSU 2

Doubles

No. 1 – Masarikova/Rigazio (YSU) def. Teske/Alcala (TOL) – 6-2
No. 2 Kuszynski/Sanjana Tallamraju (TOL) – def. Rosas/Olivera (YSU) – 6-3
No. 3 – Ito/Minich (YSU) def. Perez/Shalini Tallamraju (TOL) - 7-6 (8)

Singles

1 – Alcala (TOL) def. Rigazio (YSU) – 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
2 – Teske (TOL) def. Minich (YSU) – 6-2, 6-3
3 – Shalini Tallamraju (TOL) def. Masarikova 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
4 – Perez (TOL) def. Rosas (YSU) 6-3, 7-6 (0)
5 – Stanmore (YSU) def. Kuszynski (TOL) – 6-3, 6-3
6 – Sanjana Tallamraju (TOL) def. Ito (YSU) – 6-3, 6-2

Order of Finish:

Doubles – 1, 2, 3
Singles – 2, 5, 6, 4, 1, 3