YORK, Pa. – The Ursinus Women's Tennis team overcame an early deficit to outlast York 5-4 on the road on a blustery Wednesday afternoon in non-conference action.
 
 
With the win, the Bears improved to 8-2 overall and have won six of their last seven matches. Meanwhile, the Spartans fell to 1-7 overall.
 
 
Facing extremely windy conditions throughout the day, the Spartans won two of the three doubles matches to gain the upper hand into singles. Senior Claire Burke and sophomore Bella Vassalluzzo suffered an 8-1 setback to Hannah Sult and Maddi Haggerty at the No. 2 spot before the first-year duo of Caroline Daly and Julia Nitz got the Bears on the board at the No. 3 spot with an 8-4 triumph over Eleanor Beck and Kennedy Conte. Junior Allie Armour and Avery Samer dropped an 8-5 No. 1 singles match to Elsa Oestermarker and Bri Serruto.
 
 
York went up 3-1 in the match after sophomore Kate Rubinkam was defeated 1-6, 2-6 by Beck at the No. 5 singles spot and got within match point after Armour dropped a 4-6, 2-6 decision to Oestermarker at the No. 1 spot. Daly kept the Bears alive with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Haggerty at the No. 4 spot before Burke followed with a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles over Sult. Sophomore Fiona Finnerty took down Conte 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6 singles which left the match deciding point to No. 3 singles. Samer delivered in the clutch and bested Serruto 6-4, 7-5 to win the match for the Bears.
 
 
Ursinus returns to action on Saturday, March 23rd as they will travel to face St. Mary's (Md.) at 1:00 p.m.