Claremont, Calif. - The Pomona-Pitzer Women's Tennis team dropped its first conference match of the season as it fell on the road to ninth-ranked CMS on Saturday evening.

The Sagehens dropped the match 9-0 to the Athenas, falling to 4-1 in SCIAC play this year.

Sophomore Arthi Padmanabhan (Saratoga, Calif. - pictured) had the best effort for Pomona-Pitzer as she went to a tiebreaker in the first set before falling 7-6 (7-1), 6-1.

Sophomore Sammy Chao (Hong Kong, China), who has been battling an injury all spring, played in doubles with Padmanabhan and lost for the first time this spring in either singles or doubles. Chao was held out of the singles competition.

Pomona-Pitzer will be back in action tomorrow when it takes on Chapman in a non-conference match.