COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's tennis team lost to Franklin Pierce University, 4-3, on Thursday during Northeast 10 Conference play in the Tarrant Recreation Center.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (9-10, 2-7 NE10), Franklin Pierce (5-10, 5-4 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Lucy McPherson (Vancouver, British Columbia/Magee Secondary School), 1 win
• Sophomore Jedidah Xu (Ellington, Conn./Ellington), 1 win
• First-year Olivia Larsen (Riverview, New Brunswick/Riverview), 1 win

MATCH FACTS

• Larsen improved to 16-4 in singles this season, tying for fifth in program history in season singles wins. She has the most by a Purple Knight since Hannah Benoit '15 registered 17 in 2012-13.
• Four of the Purple and Gold's losses have come by 4-3 finals, including three in NE10 action.

THE ACTION

• Franklin Pierce swept doubles, but only after junior Jaylin Bedard (Fairfield, Vt./BFA-Saint Albans) and sophomore Annabelle Aldrete (Wichita, Kan./Andover eCademy) lost 6-3 at No. 3 and the duo of McPherson/Xu fell by a 6-4 count in the top spot.
• Xu leveled the teams with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles before junior Emma Gredenhag (Jacksonville, Fla./Bishop Kenny) lost by the same count in the third spot.
• Larsen again tied the match by virtue of a 7-5, 6-2 victory at No. 2 before the Ravens won in the sixth position.
• McPherson rallied past the 16th-ranked player in this week's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region standings, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), at No. 1 to create a 3-3 tie.
• With the match down to the result on the No. 5 court, Aldrete narrowly lost her opening set before ultimately being defeated, 7-5, 6-2.

NEXT MATCH

• Saturday at Southern New Hampshire University, 4 p.m.