OMAHA, Neb. – Despite a 5-2 Great Plains Athletic Conference tennis loss to Hastings College on Saturday at Genesis Westroads, College of Saint Mary enjoyed several positive moments.

One of them came at No. 2 doubles, where Carolyna Truong and Miranda Swanson of CSM battled past Cara Ansbach and Lexi Benson, 7-5.

"Great showing at No. 2 doubles!'' CSM Coach Mike Johnson said. "They were evenly matched with their opponents, but stuck to basics and got it done.''

The Flames, who forfeited No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles, won two of the five contested singles matches.

At No. 1 singles, Iyaanah Pardiwalla of CSM edged Josline Carter, 6-4, 4-6, 11-9.

"Iyaanah gutted out a nice win in a tight, third-set tiebreaker,'' Johnson said. "It's good to see Iyaanah come out on top in a close match like that.''

At No. 3 singles, Truong handled Paige Willcoxon 6-1, 6-2.

"Carolyna played great,'' Johnson said. "Two wins for her today at singles and doubles!''

Hastings won the other singles matches. At No. 2, Victoria Harris beat Yana Gupta 6-0, 6-0. At No. 4, Ansbach defeated Swanson, 6-1, 6-2. And at No. 5, Benson downed Darece Van Auken 6-0, 6-2.

At No. 1 doubles, Carter and Harris of Hastings beat Pardiwalla and Gupta, 6-3.

CSM will return to action Monday when it hosts Doane University in a GPAC match at 3.