FRANKLIN, IND. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Franklin College battled in a four-hour women's tennis marathon before the Fightin' Engineers claimed a 5-4 victory in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action on Wednesday night.

Rose-Hulman took the early lead by winning two of three doubles matches at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions.  The two teams then split the six singles matches, allowing Rose-Hulman to avenge regular season and conference tournament losses to Franklin from the 2012-13 campaign.

Junior Suzana Mohd (Puchong, Malaysia/Mara University) led the effort by winning at the No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles positions.  Mohd teamed with senior Marie Stettler (Edgerton, Wis./Senior) for the doubles victory.  The tandem of freshman Sydney Short (Langley, Va./Grafton) and senior Lauren Reberger (Brazil/Northview) added a No. 3 victory.

In singles play, senior Paige Cook (Terre Haute/North) won at the No. 3 position, and junior Kylie McCollum (Lee's Summit, Mo./West) added a three-set win at the No. 5 spot.

Rose-Hulman improved to 3-1 on the season and 2-1 in HCAC play, while Franklin dropped to 3-3 and 2-1 in league matches.  The Fightin' Engineers travel to Manchester University on Saturday.

Rose-Hulman 5, Franklin 4

Singles competition
1. Melissa Sanders (FC) def. Marie Stettler (RHIT) 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
2. Suzana Mohd (RHIT) def. Bethany Harris (FC) 6-1, 6-3
3. Paige Cook (RHIT) def. Emily Roberts (FC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Chelsea Howell (FC) def. Colleen Stevenson (RHIT) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
5. Kylie McCollum (RHIT) def. Kayla Walker (FC) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
6. Shawnee Bayes (FC) def. Lauren Miller (RHIT) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Marie Stettler/Suzana Mohd (RHIT) def. Melissa Sanders/Bethany Harris (FC) 8-5
2. Emily Helvie/Alison Meyer (FC) def. Paige Cook/Kylie McCollum (RHIT) 8-3
3. Sydney Short/Lauren Reberger (RHIT) def. Chelsea Howell/Chelsea Platt (FC) 8-5