CULLOWHEE, N.C. - The Presbyterian College women's tennis team dropped a non-conference heartbreaker to Western Carolina Friday afternoon, 4-3.

The Blue Hose now stand at 3-11 on the year while the Catamounts improve to 2-8.

PC started the match by taking the doubles point in fine fashion. Heather Heusel and Paige Oelke bested Amanda Massey and Ainhoa Iglesias Diaz by an 8-3 count at the top spot. Second-seeded Olivia McMillan and Virginia Waldron were unable to defeat k. Jimenez Sarmiento and Carolina Lainez, falling 8-4.

However, head coach Patric Hynes' squad was able to pick up the point after Megan Davis and Daryl Thompson outlasted Layne Arnold and Izabella Glinska 8-5 at the No. 3 spot.

In singles play, Heusel's match against Massey finished first. Playing at the No. 2 slot, Heusel lost a 6-4, 6-4 decision. The Catamounts took a 2-1 overall advantage when Sarmiento downed Cara Caruso at the No. 5 position by a 6-1, 6-2 margin.

Oelke knotted the match at 2-2 when she knocked off Diaz 6-3, 6-3 at the No. 4 spot. Thompson then helped give the visitors a 3-2 advantage when she edged Emily Turke 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.

Needing just one more point to secure the overall victory, McMillan came close to delivering. She was unable to as Glinska won the tiebreaking set 6-2. McMillan lost the first set 6-0 before bouncing back to take the second one 7-6.

The match came down to the third position. Davis lost the first set before regaining her momentum and beating Lainez 6-2 in the second set. Once again, the Catamounts were able to take the tiebreaker as Davis lost 6-2 in the third set.

PC will look to get back to their winning ways tomorrow morning when it hosts Radford at 1 p.m.

Singles (2,5,4,6,1,3)