Valparaiso University tennis junior Moira Silva (Houston, Texas / Houston Tennis Academy) picked up wins in both singles and doubles, while Lillian Kelly (Fullerton, Calif. / Fullerton Union) also secured a singles win on Saturday morning. The Beacons fell 5-2 to host Belmont in Nashville, Tenn.
 
How It Happened

• The Valpo No. 1 Doubles duo of Silva and sophomore Jolene Fernandes (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) rolled to a 6-1 win at the top doubles spot, downing Viktoria Kliimand and Hana Sokolovic.
• The Bruins took the No. 2 Doubles match and won the doubles point since the short-handed Beacons defaulted at No. 3.
• Silva swept Anatasi Zholdakova 7-5, 6-0 at the No. 1 Singles spot.
• At No. 5 Singles, Kelly cruised to a 6-0 victory over Aly Getty in Set 1 before prevailing in a tiebreak in the second 7-6(4) to take the match.
• Valpo defaulted at sixth singles, as Belmont garnered wins in the middle of the singles lineup, taking straight-set matches at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4.

Inside the Match

• Silva collected her eighth doubles win of the season. She attained her 40^th career doubles win, one away from reaching the program's all-time top 10.
• Silva achieved her 15^th singles win of the season and the 48^th of her career, one away from cracking the program's all-time top 10 in that category as well. She has won five of her last six singles matches.
• Kelly improved to 2-0 in conference singles play.

Up Next
Valpo (3-10, 0-2 MVC) will continue the weekend road swing by visiting Murray State on Sunday at 11 a.m. in Murray, Ky.