HOUGHTON, Mich. — Despite playing some strong points at the Gates Tennis Center today, the Michigan Tech women's tennis team couldn't overcome perennial Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference power Northwood. The visiting Timberwolves came away with a 9-0 victory.

Samantha Jang-Stewart and Asel Otunchieva turned in the closest doubles match of the day. The duo was clipped, 8-6, by Nicole Kromer and Maelys Scerri at number three.

In singles, Jang-Stewart overcame a 6-2 first set loss and won by the same score in the second set. Her opponent at number four singles, Scerri, then finished off a super tiebreaker in the third set, 10-8.

Heather Neff turned in a tight match at number six singles before falling, 6-4, 7-5.

"We played some good tennis, but they seemed to come up the with big points when they needed it," said Michigan Tech head coach Mike Axford. "We need to use today's match to motivate us to be ready for SVSU tomorrow."

Michigan Tech (6-4, 4-4 GLIAC) will host league rival Saginaw Valley State tomorrow at 11 a.m.

Notes: Today's loss snapped a four-match winning Michigan Tech winning streak.