The Lancaster Bible College women's tennis team lost its first North Eastern Athletic Conference match of the season on Saturday, as the Chargers fell to Penn St. Harrisburg, 9-0 at Hempfield Rec Center in Landisville, Pa. The Chargers are now 4-3 overall and 2-1 in conference play, while the Nittany Lions improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in NEAC action.
 
Doubles: The No. 1 doubles team of Deanna Graber and Cara DiCiano lost to Rachael Lim and Sydney Nye, 8-3, while the No. 2 team of Haylee Fishel and Kenedi Berkhimer fell, 8-4. The No. 3 team featuring Kaitlin Kirby and Chloe Campbell dropped their match, 8-1.
 
Singles: Lim picked up her second win of the day with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Graber, but DiCiano made Nye work for her singles win at No. 2. DiCiano, the reigning NEAC Player of the Week, lost her first singles match of the season, but battled the whole way through her 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) loss.
 
Fishel dropped a 6-1, 6-3 match at No. 3 to Olivia Hitz, while Berkhimer was upended, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4 singles by Gabrielle Sabatose. Kirby lost, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles to Annalisa Petrascu, while Campbell dropped a 6-2, 6-0 match at No. 6 singles to Isabella Pizzelanti.
 
The Coach Says: "Our girls ran into a buzzsaw today," Lancaster Bible Head Coach Rod Baughman said. "Penn St. Harrisburg is solid top to bottom. I was proud of how our girls battled. Cara did a great job of extending her match and had some chances in the second set tiebreak. We will learn, and look forward to our next match."
 
News & Notes: Lancaster Bible is now 1-9 all-time against Penn St. Harrisburg…The Chargers' lone win against the Nittany Lions came on Sept. 14, 2010 at Penn St. Harrisburg…DiCiano is now 6-1 in singles play this season…Graber and DiCiano are 5-2 in doubles action this season.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible will play its final NEAC match of the regular season on Wednesday, as the Chargers head to Penn St. Abington at 2 p.m.