SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Daemen College women's tennis suffered a 6-1 loss to Slippery University here this afternoon. Daemen dropped to 0-4 on the season, while it marked the 2018-19 season opener for The Rock.

It marked the first-ever meeting between the two NCAA Division II programs. SRU, an affiliate of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, took a 1-0 lead in the match after scoring a pair of wins in doubles play to open the match. In a new scoring format for NCAA Division II matches this season, the outcome of doubles matches will award a single point to the team winning at least two of the three matchups, as opposed to awarding points for each individual doubles victory. 

Daemen's top duo of Jessica Robins (North Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Christina Stasiuk (Bowmansville, N.Y.) suffered a 6-2 loss to SRU's Viola Lugmayr and Lois Page at No. 1 doubles. The hosts secured the doubles point after Olivia Warner and Lacey Cohen defeated DC's Courtney Otis (Marcellus, N.Y.) and Alliya Foster (Bronx, N.Y.) at No. 2 doubles by a score of 6-1.

Stasiuk secured Daemen's lone point on the day after outlasting Cohen at No. 1 singles by a score of 6-3, 6-3. Stasiuk who posted a program-record 18 singles wins last year as a freshman, improved to 3-1 on the year at No. 1 singles this year.

SRU secured the win after posting straight-set wins at No. 2, 3 and 4 singles. The Rock added points in the fifth and sixth singles positions by default.

Daemen returns to action Wednesday (Sept. 26) when it hosts St. Thomas Aquinas College in an East Coast Conference match.

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