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AUBURN, Ala. -- The Samford University women's tennis team encountered its first loss of the 2014 dual-match season Sunday as the Bulldogs dropped a 4-0 road decision to the 21^st-ranked Auburn Tigers in a nonconference contest held at the City of Auburn/Auburn University Yarbrough Tennis Center.
 
Samford (2-1) will next be in action Wednesday at 2 p.m. (CST) as the Bulldogs continue their brief two-match road stretch against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in a Southern Regional contest to be held in Hattiesburg, Miss.
 
Auburn (4-1) earned a pair of victories Sunday. In their first match of the early-season doubleheader, the Tigers breezed past Georgia Southern, 7-0, before facing Samford in the nightcap.
 
The Bulldogs hung tough with No. 21-ranked Auburn on a number of courts in both singles and doubles play, but the match was called as soon as the Tigers reached the decisive four-point mark.
 
Samford's No. 3 doubles pairing of Yasmeen Ebada and Jessica Northcutt nearly knocked off Auburn's tandem comprised of Jackie Kasler and Jen Pfeifler, but the Tiger duo rallied back to earn a slight 8-7 win.
 
In singles play, the Bulldogs' No. 72-ranked Stephanie N'tcha and Ebada were both leading their Auburn counterparts in the second set of action. The Tigers' singles wins occurred on courts No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6.
 
Sunday's loss proved to be Samford's first setback of the 2014 campaign. The Bulldogs entered their match against Auburn having cruised past Kennesaw State, 7-0, and Middle Tennessee, 6-1, to open the season.
 
The Samford University women's tennis team will next be in action Wednesday at 2 p.m. (CST) as the Bulldogs continue their brief two-match road stretch against the Southern Miss Golden Eagles in a Southern Regional contest to be held in Hattiesburg, Miss.

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