WEST ISLIP, NY- The Georgian Court University tennis squad, in a rare evening match, dropped a 5-4 decision vs. Dowling College Tuesday night at St John the Baptist High School.

The Lions took a  2-1 lead after winning a pair of doubles matches. The #2 duo of Brittany Aimone and Natalie Grieci defeated Amber O'Malley (Fr.-Farmingville, NY) and Cristina Sousa (Sr.-Selden, NY) by a score of 8-2.

Brooke Culver and Victoria Gaffney teamed up at #3 doubles to topple Dowling's Chanida Monparpunth (So.-Lindenhurt, NY) and Jessica Seney, 8-0.

The Golden Lions (5-1) came back to win four of the six singles matches. Georgian Court (1-4) did not go down easily, however, as Gaffney (6-2, 3-6, 7-10), Grieci (4-6, 6-1, 4-10) and Lindsay Hammond (1-6, 7-5, 3-10) took their respective opponents to third-set tiebreakers before succumbing.

Hilary Gall triumphed in #2 singles for GCU as she swept Cristina Hoffman (Sr.-Floripa, Brazil), 6-4, 6-1. Sarah Lockenmeyer cruised past Seney in #6 singles, 6-0, 6-0.

The Lions return home on Thursday afternoon for a 4PM match vs. Shippensburg University at GCU's Ellen Mullane Gallagher Tennis Center.