ANDERSON, S.C. - The Anderson University women's tennis team was defeated by Erskine Wednesday afternoon at the AU Tennis Complex.

With the loss, the Trojans fall to 10-10 overall, while the Flying Fleet improve to 13-5 overall.

With the win, Erskine breaks the five all tie in the coveted Beville Cup race with 4.5 points still up for grabs.

In the doubles round, No. 1 seeded Rebecca Bruning and Ivey Welborn defeated Sarah McDonald and Paola Gullino 8-5, to earn the Black and Gold's first point of the day. No. 9 Bruning and Welborn improve their doubles record to 15-5 on the year. Flying Fleet duo Mikaela Bennett and Miranda Guthrie edged out Alexandra Ebner and Jennifer Holcombe, 8-5, at the No. 2 spot while Erskine tandem Mollie Polk and Haley Elliot gave the Flying Fleet the 2-1 advantage by defeating Natalia San Jose and Abigail Gregory, 8-1.

In the singles portion, Erskine held on to win just enough matches to edge the Trojans, 5-4. Picking up wins for Anderson was No. 2 seed Welborn, No. 4 seed Ebner and No. 6 seed Holcombe. In singles play, Ebner and Holcombe recorded win number 11 and 10 overall, respectively.

Despite the loss, the Trojans played a solid match from top to bottom gaining momentum heading back into conference play Saturday at Coker. First serve is set for 1 p.m. at the Coker Tennis Courts.

Erskine 5, Anderson 4
Singles competition
1. Paola Gullino (EC) def. Rebecca Bruning (AU) 6-4, 6-2
2. Ivey Welborn (AU) def. Miranda Guthrie (ECW) 6-1, 6-3
3. Mikaela Bennett (EC) def. Natalia San Jose (AU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Alexandra Ebner (AU) def. Mollie Polk (ECW) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
5. Jennifer Holcombe (AU) def. Rachel Berkey (EC) 6-1, 6-1
6. Rebecca Weaver (EC) def. Abigail Gregory (AU) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Bruning/Welborn (AU) def. McDonald/Gullino (EC) 8-5
2. Bennett/Guthrie (EC) def. Ebner/Holcombe (AU) 8-5
3. Polk/Elliot (EC) def. San Jose/Gregory (AU) 8-1