NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. - The Manchester women's tennis dropped its Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opener to Rose-Hulman 9-0 this afternoon at the MU Tennis Courts. 

Karly Eichenauer (North Manchester, Ind./Manchester) battled in a hard-fought matchup at no. 1 singles against Rose-Hulman's Fanny-Jane Banda. Eichenauer won three games in the opening set and four games in the second set before falling 6-3, 6-4. 

Natalie Kotlin (Lowell, Ind./Lowell), Rebecca Porterfield-Winstead (Durham, N.C./Carolina Friends School) and Michayle Rasbaugh (LaGrange, Ind./Lakeland) all won a game in the opening sets of their singles matches.

The Spartans (0-7, 0-1 HCAC) will travel to rival Anderson on Tuesday, March 23.