Philadelphia, Pa. —The George Mason women's tennis fell to the Drexel Dragons in a CAA clash Saturday afternoon by a score of 4-3.

Drexel secured the doubles point as senior captain Lindsay Gray and Kiersten Pappas suffered a rare defeat along with Brooke Blackwell and Alison Wingo falling in a close match 8-6.  However, despite the doubles point being decided, freshmen Yasmin Fotovat and Ashley Delaney were not going to be denied as they battled back to win their match 9-8.

Delaney carried her phenomenal play over into singles play by winning her match with identical set winning scores of 6-3, 6-3.  Blackwell rebounded from the doubles loss and from falling behind in her singles match to prevail with a 5-7, 6-0, 7-5 victory.  Finally, Gray struggled in her first set, but was resilient, forcing her opponent to make a lot of mistakes and ultimately fatigue her opponent as well, by winning 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

The loss drops the team to 18-12 overall on the season.  The team will look to rebound against Delaware Sunday in CAA action.

Mason 3, Drexel 4
Doubles
1) Mafa/Stosic (D) def. Pappas/Gray 8-5
2) Delaney/Fotovat (M) def. Brook/Leizerovich 9-8 (5)
3) Unkaya/Bell (D) def. Blackwell/Wingo 8-6

Singles
1) Goede Unkaya (D) def. Kiersten Pappas 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
2) Lindsay Gray (M) def. Sonya Stosic 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
3) Zeyneb Mafa (D) def. Alison Wingo 6-4, 6-3
4) Ashley Delaney (M) def. Emma Brook 6-3, 6-3
5) Brooke Blackwell (M) def. Elise Leizerovich 5-7, 6-0, 7-5
6) Alex Bell (D) def. Aryn Christman 6-3, 6-2