ORLANDO, Fla. – For the second-straight day, Navy women's tennis (16-4) suffered a 6-1 setback this time coming at the hands of Appalachian State (6-4) on Tuesday afternoon at the USTA National Training Center.

"There is much to be learned from today's match," head coach Keith Puryear said. "There were some areas today where we struggled a bit and Appalachian State played some part of that. They are a well-coached team but we must also look within and critically look at where we are both individually and collectively. I still feel we are in a good place. We always fight like crazy and everyone is fully committed to our team and our program. We will look to right the ship tomorrow."
 
To start doubles, the Midshipmen dropped a 6-0 contest at No. 3 as Casey Accola (Fr., Winter Garden, Fla.) and Amanda Cyr (Jr., Cary, N.C.) lost to Selina Atay and Kate Earnhardt. The Midshipmen were able to even up the race for the doubles point as Katreina Corpuz (So., Ewa Beach, Hawaii) and Meghana Komarraju (So., Vienna, Va.) rolled to a 6-1 win over Sandra Anglesjo and Sasha Pisareva.
 
With the doubles point coming down to the top-seeded match, Aimee Dervishian (Sr., Milton, Ga.) and Annalise Klopfer (So., Palm Harbor, Fla.) were edged in a 6-4 contest versus Cassie McLay and Maria Zacarias as the Mountaineers took a 1-0 lead into singles competition.
 
Appalachian State doubled its lead to 2-0 after Atay defeated Accola in straight sets at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-3. The Mountaineers then clinched the match at the top-two singles spots as Pisareva beat Klopfer at No. 1, 6-4, 6-1, and then McLay took down Kacey Moore (So., Wellington, Fla.), 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2.
 
Just after the Mountaineers secured the win, Samantha Choi (Fr., Warrenville, Ill.) got Navy's first singles win of the afternoon as she won a straight-set match at No. 5 singles against Virginia Poggi, 6-2, 6-2. The Midshipmen forced a third-set tiebreaker at No. 3 and No. 4 singles as Komarraju and Jillian Taggart (Fr., Fair Oaks, Calif.) each won a set. At the No. 3 spot Earnhardt rallied to beat Komarraju, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7). In the final match on the court at No. 4, Taggart came back from a set down but lost to Zacarias, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6), as the Mountaineers walked away with the 6-1 victory.
 
Navy wraps up its Florida trip on Wednesday morning at 9 a.m. against Lees-McRae at the USTA National Training Center.