Setting the Scene
Rhode Island fell to Southern Illinois, 6-1, on Thursday afternoon. Rhody claimed the doubles point - with wins by Tristany Leikem and Kirsten Leikem at No. 1 and Kathleen Uy and Nithila Asokaraj at No. 2 - but went on to drop all six singles matches, four of which took three sets to decide.

Doubles

• No. 1 - Leikem/Leikem (URI) def. Tomishima/Dien; 8-4
• No. 2 - Uy/Asokaraj (URI) def. Simons/Lee; 8-1
• No. 3 - Cairo-Baza/Cairo-Baza (SIU) def. Emery/Greco; 8-1

Singles

• No. 1 - Melanie Delsart (SIU) def. Pam Emery; 6-3, 6-2
• No. 2 - Anita Lee (SIU) def. Kirsten Leikem; 6-2, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (9)
• No. 3 - Jennifer Dien (SIU) def. Tristany Leikem; 1-6, 6-1, 6-3
• No. 4 - Ariadna Cairo-Baza (SIU) def. Kathleen Uy; 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
• No. 5 - Anastacia Simons (SIU) def. Nithila Asokaraj; 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
• No. 6 - Korey Love (SIU) def. Karolina Wojciak; 6-0, 6-1

What's Next
The Rams are back in action on March 16 when they face Bucknell in Orlando, Fla. The match is set to begin at noon.