Lakewood, N.J.- The Georgian Court University women's tennis team opened the home portion of its 2014 fall calendar Wednesday afternoon, falling to in-state foe Ramapo College, 5-4, in the Ellen Mullane Gallagher Tennis Center.

The Lions (1-2), after beginning the season with a victory last Thursday, have now dropped two straight contests. The triumph was the fourth straight for the visiting Roadrunners (4-1).

Ramapo snared two of the three doubles matches to start the competition. The Roadrunners' #2 tandem of Vasundhra Gandotra (Jr.-Bergenfield, N.J.) and Sabrina Koropchak (Fr.-West Milford, N.J.) topped GCU's Kayanna Chandler (So.-Jackson, N.J.) and Meredith Hoffman (Sr.-Spring Lake, N.J.), 8-4. Katrina Biss (Jr.-Pompton Lakes, N.J.) and  Ivy Schuckman (Jr.-Madison, N.J.) followed with a #3 win over the Lions' Brittany McLaughlin (Sr.-Mt. Vernon, N.Y.) and Melissa Williams (Jr.-Egg Harbor Township, N.J.), 8-0.

Georgian Court's lone doubles win came in the #1 spot as Mafl Leal (Guaynabo, P.R.) and Annmarie Wodell (Sr.-Pt. Pleasant, N.J.) held off Ramapo's Micala Demchak (Jr.-Manalapan, N.J.) and Sara Luby (Jr.-Ridgewood, N.J.), 8-2. 

In singles play, Leal snared a #1 win with a 6-1, 6-2 besting of Luby. Ramapo's Gandorta countered in the #2 match with a three-set victory (6-2, 3-6, 6-4) over Wodell. GCU's Chandler defeated Biss, 6-4, 6-2, in the #3 contest, followed by a 7-5. 7-5 victory by Hoffman over Koropchak in the #4 hole.

Ramapo's Elena Maria IIieva (Sr.-Sofia) tied the match at 4-4 after her 6-0, 6-0 win over McLaughlin at #5. Demchak earned the deciding point for the Roadrunners with a 6-0, 6-1 win in the #6 position over Williams.

GCU returns to action Saturday afternoon with a Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) contest at Philadelphia University. Start time is scheduled for noon.