Coming off four consecutive wins, the undefeated Lady Toppers tennis team was looking to extend its record with a home win.

After a 7-0 loss to Belmont (3-2) on Friday, the women’s team (4-1) will regroup this week before taking on rival Eastern Kentucky. This marked Belmont’s fifth straight win over the Lady Toppers since 2001.

“We knew Belmont would be tough,” junior Brittany Waiz said. “They were just on another level that day.”

In singles action, No. 1 single Christina Hall won the only set of the day – a 7-5 victory followed by losing the next sets 6-2, 6-2.

Western’s highlight of the match came between No. 1 duo Erin Fulkerson and Whitney Robards fighting back and forth with Bruin’s April Bradley and Tatiana Pozo. Fulkerson and Robards lost the match 9-8, ending in a close, deciding 11-9 tiebreaker.

“Practice will be more aggressive this week,” Waiz said. “We will be practicing tiebreakers and have more feeds by Coach (True) rather than rallying for timing.”

The men’s tennis team (3-4) didn’t fare better on Saturday, losing 5-2 against Lipscomb (4-2). The loss brings the Toppers skid to three straight.

No. 1 singles Chad True lost his second consecutive match in a tight 7-6, 6-7, 10-7 affair against two-time All-Atlantic second team selection Mike Sherman.

The only two wins for the men came from Andy True 6-4, 6-3 and Thomas Krug 7-5, 6-4.

The doubles team of brothers Chad and Andy True lost their first match of the season 8-6, dropping their record to 6-1 on the year.

Both men’s and women’s tennis teams take on in-state rival Eastern Kentucky on Friday at 11 a.m. The Lady Toppers will be in action again on Saturday at 2 p.m. against Lipscomb.

Reach Ryne Dunkelberger at sports@wkuherald.com.