In the narrow loss to James Madison, the Fightin' Blue Hens picked up singles wins from freshman Elena Berry, junior Alexa Dragonette and junior Brittany Barsky.
Berry defeated Mary Napier 6-2, 6-1 in her No. 1 singles debut for the Hens. Dragonette topped Briana Jain 6-4, 6-4 at No. 4 singles and Barsky cruised to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Lauren Graham at No. 5.
James Madison's Anna Khoor defeated Amanda Campbell 6-2, 6-1 at No. 2 singles, while Rebecca Erickson recorded a 6-4, 6-2 win over Liz Perlow at No. 3 and Kelly Maxwell defeated Laura Honig 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6.
Napier and Khoor teamed up to defeat Berry and Campbell 9-8 in a thrilling match at No. 1 doubles, while Erickson and Jain downed Dragonette and Julie Schillier 8-1 at No. 2. Completing the doubles sweep for James Madison was the duo of Graham and Maxwell who downed Perlow and Barsky 8-6 at No. 3.
On Friday, UNC Wilmington swept the Hens. Molly Molony defeated Campbell 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 singles, while Cassie Martin recorded a 5-7, 6-1, 11-9 victory over Berry at No. 2. Priscilla Roberts defeated Perlow 6-0, 6-4 at No. 3, while Kayla Schwenk came from behind to top Dragonette 2-6, 6-4, 10-8 at No. 4. Lauren Isenhour downed Barsky 6-0, 6-1 at No. 5, and Hartley Collins completed the singles sweep by defeating Honig 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6.
Molony and Roberts defeated Campbell and Berry 8-2 at No. 1 doubles, while Isenhour and Schwenk downed Dragonette and Julie Schiller 8-4 at No. 2. Martin and Jamie DeGraffenreid teamed up to completed the doubles sweep for UNC Wilmington by posting an 8-1 victory over Perlow and Barsky at No. 3.
The Hens will return to action with a match at Lafayette College at 3 p.m., Monday, April 2.
