CINCINNATI – The Northern Kentucky University women's tennis team suffered a 7-0 setback at No. 69 Xavier on Friday evening at Eastern Hills Indoor Tennis Club.

Danielle Donahue battled to a tiebreaker with Xavier's Amina Ismail at No. 3 singles after recovering from an opening set loss with a 6-1 win in the second.

At No. 2 singles, Sydney Power took three games off Cristina Di Lorenzo in the second set after falling 6-0 to open the match. Power and her partner Sierra Nellessen won a pair of games at the No. 3 doubles flight.

The Norse return to action on Saturday when they travel to take on Morehead State for a 3:30 p.m. match.

No. 69 Xavier 7, Northern Kentucky 0
Singles results
1. LIGGINS, Sydney (XU) def. SKOPAC, Klara (NKU) 6-1, 6-2
2. DiLORENZO, Cristina (XU) def. POWER, Sydney (NKU) 6-0, 6-3
3. ISMAIL, Amina (XU) def. DONAHUE, Danielle (NKU) 6-2, 1-6 (0)
4. BRINKER, Alex (XU) def. NELLESSEN, Sierra (NKU) 6-0, 6-1
5. GHIDOTTI, Lauren (XU) def. SOUTAR, Nicole (NKU) 6-1, 6-0
6. ABELSON, Sophia (XU) def. No player (NKU), default
Doubles results
1. LIGGINS, Sydney/ISMAIL, Amina (XU) def. SKOPAC, Klara/DONAHUE, Danielle (NKU) 6-1
2. BRINKER, Alex/DiLORENZO, Cristina (XU) def. SOUTAR, Nicole/SHANAHAN, Hailey (NKU) 6-0
3. GHIDOTTI, Lauren/ABELSON, Sophia (XU) def. NELLESSEN, Sierra/POWER, Sydney (NKU) 6-2