BETHLEHEM, Pa. -

The Villanova women's tennis (0-13) dropped their matches against Lehigh (4-5) on Wednesday afternoon, with a final score of 5-2.

Lehigh finished first in the doubles flight to give them an advantage, but that did not stop Lindsey Evans and Victoria Martinez. Evans and Martinez won their doubles match in the No. 1 spot, 6-2 to even out the playing field. Unfortunately, Carina Burdick and Sydney King fell 6-4 to Lehigh, having Lehigh earn the doubles point.

Two freshmen performances gave the Wildcats their only points of the match. Kaylan Rotman competed in the No. 3 singles matches and won 6-2, 6-1. Carina Burdick competed in the No. 4 singles matches for a 7-5, 6-2 win. Lindsey Evans put up a hard three-match fight of 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, but could not clinch the point for the Wildcats. Lehigh clinched the match when Jamie Campisi defeated Victoria Martinez 6-1, 6-1.

The Wildcats will return to action this weekend when they travel to Rider for a noon start time.

Doubles:

1. Evans/Martinez (VU) def. Auyeung/Campisi (Lehigh) 6-2

2. Can/Friedman (Lehigh) def. Rotman/Busby (VU) 6-2

3. Cruz/Lin (Lehigh) def. Burdick/King (VU) 6-4

Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3

Singles:

1. Christina Auyeung (Lehigh) def. Lindsey Evans (VU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

2. Sibel Can (Lehigh) def. Victoria Martinez (VU) 6-3, 6-1

3. Kaylan Rotman (VU) def. Grace Lin (Lehigh) 6-2, 6-1

4. Carina Burdick (VU) def. Briana Maravich (Lehigh) 7-5, 6-2

5. Cassidy Cruz (Lehigh) def. Alexandra Krogius (VU) 6-2, 6-2

6. Jamie Campisi (Lehigh) def. Paulina Bajet (VU) 6-1, 6-1

Order of Finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 6*, 5

*Clinched Match