MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The Valdosta State women's tennis team held the early lead in doubles, but was unable to hang on in a 4-1 loss to No. 1-ranked Barry Saturday morning.  VSU fell to 1-1 on the year, while Barry improved to 2-1.
 
The Blazers won the doubles point as freshman Natalie Rainke and Aneta Porobilova won 6-3 over Dinara Alloiarova and Clara Versier at No. 2, 6-3.  Barry won 6-1 at No. 3 doubles as Viktoriia Dema and Angela Leweurs won 6-1 over juniors Olivia Pezo and Kayla Greco.  Coming down to the top spot to clinch the team point, VSU duo of Viktoriia Fedorova and Denisa Hanakova won 6-2 over Alina Michalitsch and Maia Haumuller for an early 1-0 lead.
 
In singles, Leweurs won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 for a 1-1 score and Haumuller downed Fedorova 6-2, 6-2, at number six, giving Barry at 2-1 lead. The Buccaneers won at number four as Versier, ranked No. 26 nationally, won 6-4, 6-3 over Hanakova for a 3-1 lead.  Dema downed Pezo, 6-0, 7-6 (7-5) to clinch the match at number three singles as the top two spots were not played out.  Poborilova and Alloiarova split two sets at number two, and Michalitsch won the first set over Rainke 7-6 (8-6) and was leading 2-1 in the second set when the match was clinched.
 
The Blazers return to action Sunday morning at 10 a.m., in Boca Raton, Fla., at Lynn.  Check back with vstateblazers.com for links to live stats of the match on the women's tennis schedule page.