SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sophomore Lizzie Stewart won both her singles match and teamed with classmate Priyanka Shah to win a doubles match, but the women's tennis team suffered its first setback of the dual season with a 6-1 loss to Syracuse on Sunday at Drumlins Country Club.
 
Stewart improved to 3-0 from the No. 5 singles position this season with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over her opponent. That win kept the match alive for Cornell (2-1), though the Orange locked up the doubles point and the first two singles matches. Syracuse won the final three matches to improve to 3-0 on the season.
 
Shah and Stewart won their first No. 2 doubles match of the dual season with a 6-4 decision over their opponents. Syracuse won a close match at the No. 1 spot to start the day's scoring.
 
Cornell returns to action at the ECAC Indoor Championships, which run Feb. 5-7 at Dartmouth. Information regarding the Big Red's seeding, opponents and match times will be determined early this week.
 
SYRACUSE 6, CORNELL 1
Singles
1. #37 Anna Shkudun (S) def. #74 Marika Cusick, 6-1, 6-4
2. Valeria Salazar (S) def. Dena Tanenbaum, 7-6(5), 4-4, retired
3. Gabriela Knutson (S) def. Alexandra D'Ascenzo, 6-2, 6-3
4. Maria Tritou (S) def. Jane Stewart, 6-3, 7-5
5. Lizzie Stewart (C) def. Libi Mesh, 6-4, 6-2
6. Dina Hegab (S) def. Priyanka Shah, 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
1. Salazar/Shkudun (S) def. D'Ascenzo/Tanenbaum, 7-5
2. Shah/L. Stewart (C) def. Hegab/Knutson, 6-4
3. Nicole Mitchell/Tritou (S) def. Cusick/J. Stewart, 6-3
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,1,5,4,6,2)
Records: Cornell 2-1, Syracuse 3-0