WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester State University tennis team dropped their first of three spring tennis matches on Tuesday (Apr. 19) against Clark University 6-3 at the Corash Tennis Courts.

Worcester's duo of Shelby Jankins (W. Brookfield, Mass.) and Megan Shepard (Middletown, Conn.) gave the Lancers the 1-0 start as they defeated Clark's Isabelle Long (Bellevu, Wash.) and Phoebe Hughes (Parkland, Fla.) 9-8 at No. 1 doubles. Alexis Silk (Greenfield, Mass.) and Cassandra Goncalves (Ludlow, Mass.) gave the Lancers another point when they defeated Kera Snyder (South Portland, Maine) and Rebecca Kravetz (Wayland, Mass.) 8-5 in doubles play. Clark's Emily Shuman (Needham, Mass.) and Adrien Horowitz (Arvada, Colo.) came away the Cougars' only victory in the doubles competition, as they defeated Worcester's Nathalie Khafaga (Auburn, Mass.) and Rachel Green (Worcester, Mass.) 9-0.

Clark demanded singles play, as they held the heavy 5-1 gain to preserve the win. Worcester's No. 3 singles player, Silk, came away with Worcester's only singles win over Snyder, 6-3 and 6-4. Worcester's Green put up a good fight in her matchup against Amy Fallon (Derby, England) as she fell in the third set 10-8 after going 6-4 and 4-6 in the first two. Jankins and Shepard both were defeated by their singles opponents 6-1 and 6-1 each. Khafaga fell to Horowitz 6-4 and 6-1, while Goncalves fell to Misa Mai (Sanford, Maine) 6-4 and 6-3.

The Tennis team travels to UMass-Dartmouth for the Corsairs Spring Fling this upcoming weekend (Apr. 23), where they will matchup against Salve Regina, UMass-Dartmouth, and Johnson & Wales.