For the Waynesburg University women’s tennis team and head coach Ron Headlee, this one can just be chalked up to a bad day at the office.

The Yellow Jackets lost to Presidents’ Athletic Conference opponent Bethany 9-0 Monday afternoon, and it wasn’t the outcome Headlee was hoping for or expected.

“We just came out flat today,” said Headlee. “We were in a lot of matches, but we just couldn’t pull any out.”

Headlee gave credit to the Bison and said that they deserved to win this match with how well they played overall, pushing the Yellow Jackets to make mistakes all afternoon.

“They were forcing us to make errors,” said Headlee. “We also committed a lot of unforced errors, but they were the better team today.”

Freshman Kyleigh Schmidt played in the number one singles spot for Headlee and came close to taking a set in her match, but came up just shy as she fell 7-5, 6-0.

“Kyleigh played really well today,” said Headlee. “She lost a close game.”

Schmidt teamed up with junior Noelle Hughes on the number one doubles team and they fell 8-0 both games.

Hughes said that she felt she played a good game today, just not good enough as she didn’t have an answer for Bethany’s attacks.

“I liked my service game today,” said Hughes. “I didn’t double fault. But they were doing a good job of keeping themselves in the points. They deserved to win.”

Hughes said that she feels Bethany isn’t too far ahead of the Yellow Jackets, they were just much better on that specific day.

“We just weren’t getting our shots in today,” said Hughes. “We were letting the other girls control the points. We have to be more consistent and have more confidence in our shots.”

The team is hoping to get some good weather in the upcoming week so they can get on the courts and work on some things before next week’s PAC tournament.

Hughes said the amount of rain in the Waynesburg area lately has forced the team to practice a lot indoors. She thinks that the difference between indoor and outdoor preparation may have helped contribute to some of the inconsistencies in the match.

“It’s been hit or miss with practices lately and you could tell with our play,” said Hughes. “With the rain we’ve had, we’ve had to move a lot of practices indoors in the gym. We work on hitting and things like that, but the lighting is different, the floor is different from the courts. So, it’s harder to transition to the courts.”

The Yellow Jackets hope to get healthy and get a full squad ready for their final match Wednesday, Oct. 10 passed the paper’s publication date.

Freshman Abigail Stahl missed Monday’s match due to an undisclosed injury.

“We just have to get back to practice and work on getting better,” said Hughes. “It was a little discouraging losing today’s match like we did, some players felt they played well some felt they didn’t.”