MIDLAND, Mich. -- The Michigan Tech women's tennis team closed out its 2006 fall regular season with a 9-0 loss at Northwood, a team that has won three straight Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles.

"Despite the scores, I felt we were right there in this match," said head coach Mike Axford. "There were a lot of deuce games that we couldn't close out. This team doesn't give you free points, and that's what makes them good."

Amy Palmgren and Silvia Oliveros both turned in solid matches at number one and two singles, respectively. Palmgren fell to Sue Rossano, 6-3, 6-3. Oliveros nearly forced a third set before losing, 6-1, 7-5, to Desiree Roset. None of the other Huskies won more than two games in their matches.

At number two doubles, Monika Malinska and Samantha Jang-Stewart lost to Rossano and Roset, 8-5. The scores of the number one and number three doubles matches were both 8-1 in favor of the hosts.

"We'll us this match and yesterday's big win (8-0 over Saginaw Valley State) to prepare for next weekend's conference tournament," said Axford.

Michigan Tech (6-6, 4-5 GLIAC) finished in a tie for sixth in the final GLIAC standings. The Huskies will be the number six seed in this weekend's GLIAC Tournament at Midland, Mich. They will face third-seeded Ferris State in Friday's (Oct. 27) opening match.

Note: Monika Malinska did not play singles because of injury, forcing Tech's normal number four, five, and six singles players to all play up a flight.