YORK, PA – The York College women's tennis team dropped a 5-4 non-conference decision to Ursinus College on a blustery Wednesday afternoon in York.

The Spartans fall to 1-7 but suffered their third 5-4 loss of the campaign. The Bears improve to 8-2 overall. The Spartans have dropped their last two decisions to Ursinus by identical 5-4 scores.

The Spartans got off to a good start in the match as they won two of the three doubles matches. The second doubles combo of Hannah Sult and Maddi Haggerty secured an 8-1 win to get the Green and White on the board. The Bears knotted the score at one with an 8-4 third doubles win. The Spartans tandem of Elsa Oestermarker and Bri Serruto earned an 8-5 first singles win to give York the 2-1 lead heading to singles.

The Spartans took a 3-1 lead as Eleanor Beck recorded a 6-1, 6-2 fifth singles win. York got a 6-4, 6-2 win from number one singles standout Oestermarker as the Spartan lead was 4-1. Unfortunately for York, the Bears would rally and capture the final four singles of the match. Ursinus clinched the win in the third singles match as Avery Samer outlasted Serruto in a back-and-forth contest, 6-4, 7-5.

Oestermarker continues to march to the Spartan all-time singles wins record as she is currently two back of Spartan legend Katie Wagner. Wagner owns the record with 41 victories while Oestermarker now has 39 for her outstanding Spartan career. Beck improves to a team-leading 6-2 in singles play for the Spartans.

The Spartans are now off for 16 days as they don't return to the court until April 6 when they host Eastern University in the MAC Commonwealth opener for the Green and White. The match is set for 1:00 pm. Six of the Spartans' final matches of the year will be league contests.