The Lindenwood women's tennis team needed a comeback win in singles to take down Southern Indiana on Saturday, giving it a 5-4 victory. It was the Lady Lions' first match of the spring.

The Lady Lions started off with doubles and nearly pulled off all three matches. No. 1 and No. 2 doubles were nail-biters, but Southern Indiana came out on top by a final score of 8-6 for both matches. At No. 3 doubles, Diana Castro and Alexandra Medvedeva dominated with an 8-2 victory to give the Lady Lions room for air heading into singles.

Anna Barbasheva handled her opponent solidly behind a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles. At No. 2, Gloria Marras battled in a three-set match, winning the first set 6-4 and losing the second set 6-2. Marras traded games throughout the third set, but fell just short 7-5. Castro followed up her doubles win with a victory at No. 4 singles by a score of 7-5, 6-4. Rebeca Aguilar won easily at No. 6 with a 6-0, 6-0 final.

The match was tied at 4 matches apiece when Daria Ivanova was down 5-2 in the third set of the tie-breaking match. She stormed back by winning five games in a row to give the Lady Lions the victory.

The Lady Lions will return to action on Friday, February 26 to take on Missouri Baptist at Creve Coeur Racket Club. The first match will start at 7:30 p.m.