The College of Lake County women's tennis team picked up a hard-fought victory over the Carthage JV squad, winning four of six singles matches and earning a default victory at No. 3 doubles.

Ananya Murli got the Lancers on the board first at No. 6 singles, earning a point by default following an unfortunate injury.

Valerie Mendoza followed with a dominant performance at No. 5 singles, cruising to a 6-4, 6-1 victory.

At No. 4 singles, Sophie Lelchuk battled through a tight opening set, winning the tiebreaker 7-2 before taking control in the second set with a 6-1 victory.

Reagan Mohr also battled through a three-set thriller at No. 3 singles. After winning the opening set 6-0, Mohr dropped the second set 3-6 before responding with a 10-4 victory in the match tiebreaker.

Melanie Garcia kept the Lancers' tiebreaker streak going at No. 2 singles. Garcia won the first set 7-2 in a tiebreaker, dropped the second set 2-6, then finished strong with a 10-4 match-tiebreaker victory.

At No. 1 singles, Emeri Oliver battled through a tough match before falling 3-6, 4-6.

The Lancers also picked up a default victory at No. 3 doubles with the team of Anahi Mondragon and Mendoza. At No. 1 doubles, Oliver and Lelchuk fell 3-6, while Mohr and Garcia dropped their No. 2 doubles match 2-6.

CLC will return to action today, when the Lancers travel to College of DuPage for a 3 p.m. match in Glen Ellyn, IL.