ORANGE BEACH, Ala. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) women's tennis team suffered an 8-1 non-conference loss to the Birmingham-Southern College Lady Panthers on Sunday afternoon.

The Badgers trailed the Lady Panthers (4-0) 3-0 after doubles play and avoided a 9-0 sweep when senior Allison Gmelich earned a victory No. 6 singles court following the retirement of Alana Owens in the 2nd set

Singles:
1.  Carlee Petro (BSC) def. Maria Hastings Oro (SHC) 6-1, 6-1
2.  Sara Cohen (BSC) def. Elizabeth Peters (SHC) 6-2, 6-0
3.  Katie Scherer (BSC) def. Heather Sutton (SHC) 6-0, 6-0
4.  Mary Evelyn Carroll (BSC) def. Kate Sotolongo (SHC) 6-1, 6-1
5.  Virginia Hammond (BSC) def. Megan Gietl (SHC) 6-0, 6-0
6.  Allison Gmelich (SHC) def. Alana Owens (BSC) 7-6, 0-3, retired

Doubles:
1.   Petro/Cohen (BSC) def. Hastings Oro/Peters (SHC) 8-0
2.   Lindsey Farrell/Scherer (BSC) def. Sutton/Gietl (SHC) 8-0
3.   Carroll/Hammond (BSC) def. Gmelich/Sotolongo (SHC) 8-2

Spring Hill (5-8) will host the University of Mobile Lady Rams (7-6) at 4 p.m. on Tuesday in a non-conference match at the Mobile Tennis Center.