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O'FALLON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois women's jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Wednesday afternoon capturing the doubles point against Saint Louis but could not carry that momentum over to singles action as the Panthers lost 5-2 at the St. Clair Racquet Club.
 
After SLU won at No. 2 doubles, EIU evened the doubles point with a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles by Christine Gouws and Elizaveta Bukraba-Ulanova.  The Panthers would then clinch the overall doubles point with a 6-3 win by Lauren Ellis and Jemma Booth at No. 3 doubles.
 
Saint Louis evened the score at 1-1 with a win at the No. 4 position to open singles play.  Bukraba-Ulanova then pushed the EIU lead out to 2-1 in the match with her win at No. 2 singles over Norhan Hesham.  Bukraba-Ulanova won in two sets 6-3, 6-2.
 
SLU would then gain momentum winning the remaining four singles points to take the match. The deciding match was at No. 5 singles with Mya Spencer beating Brittany Steven 6-3, 6-4.
 
EIU fell to 3-5 on the season and will travel to Bradley on Saturday.  SLU improved to 6-1 on the season.