The #14 Redlands women's tennis team opened the 2009 season with a tough non-conference loss to visiting Concordia University - Irvine on Saturday.  After coming up short in tight tiebreak at #3 doubles, the Bulldogs failed to make up the difference in singles, falling to the Eagles by a score of 4-5.

In doubles, Redlands rallied at all positions but only came up with one point as the duo of sophomore Sara Yoshinaga (Honolulu, HI) and senior Kaleena Wakamatsu (Maui, HI) combined for the 8-6 victory.

Down 1-2, the Bulldogs needed four of their six singles players to win.  Yoshinaga continued her solid showing by cruising by her opponent at the #4 spot, 6-2, 6-2.  In addition, senior Tori Damiani (Sacramento, CA) came out on top of a three-set victory at #3, winning 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.  Rounding out the Redlands' point-scorers, junior Whitney Waters (Austin, TX) fought back at #6 in order to capture an exciting 2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (1) win.

Redlands (0-1) looks forward to hosting non-conference Division III rival, Chapman University, on Friday, February 13, at 2 p.m.