SUMTER, S.C. - The Converse University women's tennis team (10-10, 5-5 Conference Carolinas) fought hard in their final match of the season but fell 4-0 to the Belmont Abbey Crusaders (16-17, 6-3 Conference Carolinas) in the opening round of the Conference Carolinas Championship at the Palmetto Tennis Center in Sumter.

Juniors Khushi Kharb and Lais Martins took No. 1 doubles 6-0 but the Crusaders captured the other two courts and won the point.

The Crusaders took No. 3 singles 6-2, 6-0, No. 4 singles 6-2, 6-1, and No. 5 singles 6-1, 6-3 to secure the match.

Kharb, playing at No. 1 singles, and senior Luiza Estrada, playing at No. 6 singles, both battled back after a first-set defeat to take set two 6-1. 

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