FREDERICK, Md.--The Hood College women's tennis team (0-7, 0-1 CAC) dropped a narrow 5-4 Capital Athletic Conference decision to the visiting York College (Pa.) Spartans (4-5, 2-2 CAC) Thursday at Baker Park.

Hood started the match by taking two of three doubles matches. The first doubles tandem of Jillian Elkaim and Emily Schrodel ousted Paige Doutrich and Katelyn Acker, 8-3, while Dani Hunt and Emily Maerz teamed up to defeat Samantha Brenner and Megan McCullen by the same margin at second doubles.

The Spartans rallied during singles play, capturing three of the first four contests to assume a 4-3 lead in the match. Hood's Laura Saad upended McCullen at fourth singles, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, to knot the match at 4-4.

The deciding match pitted Hood's Casey Miller against York's Maria McFaulds at the No. 6 position. After McFaulds took the first set, 6-3, Miller responded with a 6-2 win in the second set to force a decisive third set. Miller put up a valiant effort but came up just short, falling 6-2, and the Spartans clinched the victory.

Maerz was Hood's other winner in singles action, cruising to a 6-0, 6-4 win over Doutrich for her first collegiate singles triumph.

The Blazers next journey to Salisbury University Sunday for a 1 p.m. match.