Hilton Head, S.C. -- Carleton closed out its spring break trip by dropping a thrilling match to Kalamazoo College (Mich.), 5-4, in a key regional showdown. The Knights captured two of the three doubles matches to take an early lead. First-year player Abby Beggs was undefeated on spring break at third singles, taking a 6-1, 6-0 victory over her Hornet counterpart. Classmate Christina Walker gained momentum after a winning the first-set tiebreaker, winning 7-6, 6-2 at fifth singles.

The match was tied at 4-4 with only the sixth singles match remaining. First-year player Shelley Getzendanner overcame a first set deficit to win 7-5 but fell short in the second set tiebreak and third-set superbreaker.

Kalamazoo 5, Carleton 4

Doubles

1) Meaghan Clark/ Kara Hoorn (Kzoo) def. Genevieve Philp/Abby Beggs 8-4

2) Diane Danforth/ Eryn Koch (Carl) def. Kaitlin Kelly/ Kristin Hirth 8-6

3) Meredith Klekotka/ Shelley Getzendanner (Carl) def. Laura Spencer/ Marci Messenger 9-7

Singles

1) Meaghan Clark (Kzoo) def. Genevieve Philp 6-2, 6-1

2) Kara Hoorn (Kzoo) def. Diane Danforth 6-4, 6-1

3) Abby Beggs (Carl) def. Laura Spencer 6-1, 6-0

4) Kaitlin Kelly (Kzoo) def. Eryn Koch 6-4, 6-3

5) Christina Walker (Carl) def. Marci Messenger 7-6, 6-2

6) Kristin Hirth (Kzoo) def. Shelley Getzendanner 5-7, 7-6 (10-2)