St. Petersburg, Fla. – Despite two wins each from senior Cheryl Martin (Pittsfield, Mass./St. Joseph Central) and junior Brittany Harbert (Boxford, Mass./Masconomet), Bentley University fell to Eckerd 5-4 Sunday in non-conference women's tennis.

Martin and Harbert combined to beat Sonnet Ludwig and Christine Hammerschmidt 9-7 in number three doubles. Martin was then victorious in number four singles, 6-1, 6-3 over Hanna Segal. Harbert defeated Hammerschmidt 6-1, 6-4 in number five singles.

The other winners for Bentley were Kara Murphy (Worcester, Pa./Methacton) and Aimee Tetu (Brunswick, Maine/Brunswick) over Stephanie Jenks and Telara Buelow in number two doubles, 8-2.

Bentley continues its spring break trip on Monday with two matches; a Northeast-10 affair with Adelphi at 9:00 a.m. and at Florida Southern at 3:30 p.m.

Box Score

At St. Petersburg, Fla.

Eckerd 5, Bentley 4

DOUBLES

No. 1 Emmy Laing/Amanda Teets (EC) def. Paulina Sotomayor/Rachael Litton (BU) 8-3

No. 2 Kara Murphy/Aimee Tetu (BU) def. Stephanie Jenks/Telara Buelow (EC) 8-2

No. 3 Cheryl Martin/Brittany Harbert (BU) def. Sonnet Ludwig/Christine Hammerschmidt (EC) 9-7

SINGLES

No.1 Laing (EC) def. Sotomayor (BU) 6-0, 6-0

No.2 Jenks (EC) def. Murphy (BU) 7-5, 6-3

No. 3 Teets (EC) def. Litton (BU) 6-2, 6-0

No. 4 Cheryl Martin (BU) def. Hanna Segal (EC) 6-1, 6-3

No. 5 Harbert (BU) def. Hammerschmidt (EC) 6-1, 6-4

No. 6 Ludwig (EC) def. Tetu (BU) 6-4, 6-2