NEW ALBANY, Ind. - The IU Southeast women's tennis team defeated IU Kokomo 4-3 on Friday afternoon. In their first action since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic the Grenadiers had to fight hard in order to pull out the 4-3 victory.

"We had a lot of players playing their first collegiate match today and considering most of our girls haven't played a competitive match outside of practice I was pleased with the result. We definitely had some nerves to overcome but in the end we were able to settle down and come out with the win." head coach Joe Epkey said.

After winning No. 1 doubles and dropping the No. 2 position the doubles point would be decided at No. 3. The Grenadiers' pairing of Katie Weimer and Kate Heuchan led 5-3 but were unable to hold on dropping the match and losing the doubles point.

Down 1-0 heading into singles play IU Southeast picked up 3 singles wins in straight sets but lost 2 positions which tied the match at 3-3. Junior Hallee Miller came up big for the Grenadiers after dropping her first set 6-3 she was able to keep her composure and clinch the team win with a 6-3, 6-2 comeback in the final two sets.

Audrey De Witt, Anna Littlefield and Katie Weimer each earned their first collegiate singles win on Friday to cap off a successful debut for the young Grenadiers in the lineup.

Next up for the Grenadiers, they travel to Indiana Wesleyan Sept 18th and 19th for a tournament.

DOUBLES

#1 De Witt/De Witt def. Kohlmorgen/Abrahamson 6-4

#2 Littlefield/Miller Lost Clark/Johnson 6-4

#3 Weimer/Heuchan Lost White/Saylor 7-5

SINGLES

#1 Audrey De Witt def Gabbie Orlando 6-2, 6-3

#2 Adalyn De Witt Lost Casey Clark 6-4, 6-4

#3 Anna Littlefield def Bri Abrahamson 6-2, 6-4

#4 Hallee Miller def Kelsey Kohlmorgen 4-6, 6-3, 6-2

#5 Kate Heuchan Lost Reese Johnson 7-6, 6-3

#6 Katie Weimer def Larissa O'Rourke 7-6, 6-3