LANSING - Lake Superior State lost 5-0 to No. 2 seed Grand Valley State and dropped a 5-3 decision to No. 6 seed Ferris State during the first day of competition at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Championship.

GVSU (8-2) swept doubles and claimed wins at Nos. 1 and 3 singles to secure a quarterfinal victory.

LSSU's No. 1 doubles team of Adrienne DiVito and Carolyn Pumford defeated Ferris State's Amy Ingle and Tiffany Rheynard 9-8 with a 5-0 win in the tie-breaker to give the Lakers their first win of the day during the consolation round. Pumford also won 7-6 (4-0), 6-1 in her No. 3 singles match against the Bulldogs to finish 2-1 for the day. She did not complete her singles match against GVSU.

Ferris State improved to 5-5.

Lake Superior State ended its fall season with a 6-8 record and finished seventh in the GLIAC standings after shutting out Findlay 5-0 Sunday during the final consolation round.

At No. 1 singles, DiVito won her match, 6-3, 6-2. No. 6 singles, Katie Watchorn defeated Findlay in a third-set tiebreaker, 3-6, 6-4 (6-0). Lake State's No. 1 doubles team of DiVito and Pumford won 8-3, while Ingrid Pflieger and Erin Wiethoff claimed an 8-2 No. 2 doubles victory, and Watchorn and Anais Molina-Rodriguez won 8-4 at No. 3.

The Lakers will resume their dual match schedule in March.

GLIAC Tournament Results