BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - In a rematch of last year's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference tournament final, the Goldey-Beacom College women's tennis team once again came up short, 6-3 in a battle of two undefeated conference rivals at Meyers Tennis Center on Fri. afternoon.

The Lightning, who were without their usual No. 3 and 4 singles players, fell to 2-1 while Concordia improved to 4-0 on the season and extended its conference regular season win-streak to 20 matches.

Freshman Stephanie Puentes (3-0) and junior Blanca Sancho (2-1) earned impressive singles victories at the top two spots and freshman Anastasia Melnikova (2-0) was victorious at No. 6.

Puentes, battling a wrist injury, handed junior Yuliya Plevako the first conference loss of her career at the first flight. She defeated Plevako, a second-team All-CACC selection last year,  6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-2) in a 10-point tiebreaker. Sancho also came through for a big Lightning win at No. 2 singles, downing Ana S.O. Mendes 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.

Melnikova earned her second win of the season by defeating junior Camilla Xavier, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 6 singles. Xavier was previously 13-0 in conference play for her career and 3-0 this season.

Without freshman Filipa Correia and Marina Sales, who usually fill the No. 3 and 4 singles slots, respectively, head coach Joe Kissel had to shift his lineup. Junior Melanie Bonomo, usually the team's No. 5, played third flight and fell to Clara Catanzano 7-6 (6-4), 6-0. Junior Vanessa Leon was also inserted into the singles line-up at the No. 4 spot and she bowed out to Juliana Frey, 6-0, 6-2.

The injury-plagued Lightning had to shift their doubles teams as well, and though they entered the match 6-0 in doubles play, they dropped all three doubles matches to start the match. Yuliya Plevako and Clara Catanzano of Concordia defeated sophomore Gabriela Chaves and freshman Stephanie Puentes, 8-1 in the first flight, juniors Vanessa Leon and Blanca Sancho fell 8-4 to Juliana Frey and Ana S.O. Mendes at second flight, and junior Melanie Bonomo and freshman Anastasia Melnikova bowed out 8-6 to Maria Ortiz and Camilla Xavier.