ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Friday night the Towson University tennis team dropped its match to Fairleigh Dickinson at Navy, falling 5-2.

The Tigers earned the doubles point and got one win in singles but dropped four straight singles matches as the Knights came rallying back. Towson moves to 1-5 on the season and has a week of before traveling to face Princeton and Villanova next weekend.

How it Happened

• Towson dropped its first doubles match, a 6-4 final and started 0-1 in doubles play.
• The team of Alexa Martinez and Themis Haliou rallied to defeat their doubles opponents 7-5. 
• Amelia Lawson and Phoebe Collins did the same, clinching the doubles point after the dropped set at the No. 3 slot. 
• Entering singles action the Knights won fives straight sets taking a 4-1 lead. 
• Lawson won the solo match in singles with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 victory.

From the Coach
"Tonight we made an incredible comeback from a 5-2 deficit in doubles, the doubles point gave us some good energy but unfortunately we couldn't sustain it," head coach Jamie Peterson said. "In singles we lost four matches in straight sets. Amelia Lawson had a strong singles win a No. 3 and Sara Pospischill fell just short in her third set breaker at No. 6 singles tonight they had the strongest singles performances by far."