Eastern Illinois women's tennis played the second of three Ohio Valley Conference matches this week falling on the road on Saturday at Western Illinois.
 
The loss dropped EIU to 2-2 in the OVC with a Sunday match against Southeast Missouri before the final OVC match next weekend against SIUE.
 
WIU won the doubles point winning 6-0 at No. 1 doubles to clinch the point as EIU did not field at No. 3 doubles team.  The No. 2 doubles match with Michelle Kostadinova and Luisa Renovales Salazar was left unfinished with EIU's pair leading 4-1.
 
In singles play the Leathernecks picked up a point at No. 6 singles by default to move out to a 2-0 lead in the match.
 
EIU locked up its two singles points with wins at No. 2 singles and No. 4 singles.
 
Kostadinova won in two sets at No. 4 singles with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Lara Diniz de Souza.
 
Ornella Lomenzo won her second straight singles match with a three-set victory over Chloe Routier.  Lomenzo won 6-1, 5-7, 10-7.
 
WIU won in singles matches on the court at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5 singles.