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GRANVILLE, Ohio – 24^th-ranked Denison women's tennis suffered a 6-3 loss to No. 12 Kenyon College on Saturday afternoon at the Denison Tennis Courts in Granville.

• Opening the day in doubles play, the No. 2 pairing of Sydney Cianciola and Sarah Robertson garnered Denison's first win when they took down Ilana Blackwood and Victoria Vasquez, 8-7 (5). DU's 19^th-ranked duo of Alex Cash and Hannah Cianciola suffered an 8-2 loss to seventh-ranked Erika Oku and Daria Beshentseva in No. 1 doubles and Monique Brual and Devin Gramley fell 8-4 to Kayla Pukys and Erika Pontillo in No. 3 play.
• Trailing 2-1 entering singles play, Sydney Cianciola earned a three-set victory for the Big Red after she defeated 23^rd-ranked Oku in No. 1 singles, 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-5. Despite the win, Kenyon earned victories in four of the next five singles matches to earn their first win of the season. The loss dropped the Big Red to 3-2 overall and 2-1 in NCAC divisional play.

Denison and Kenyon will square off once again on Wednesday, April 14 when the Big Red travel to Gambier for a 4 p.m. rematch with the Ladies.