Perhaps the term "emotional roller coaster" is overused, but it certainly applies to the Marquette women's tennis team's weekend.

After upsetting No. 42 Louisville on Friday 4-3, the Golden Eagles fell to the No. 61 Iowa Hawkeyes 5-2 on Sunday after dropping leads in two singles matches.

Coach Jody Bronson said the youthful team needs to work on playing more consistently.

"We are young, and hopefully this will be a great learning experience for us," Bronson said. "Because we have got to understand that we are going to play the same from start to finish no matter what they're doing to us."

After senior Robin Metzler won her No. 6 singles match 6-4, 6-2, Marquette had the lead in three other matches. Freshman Olga Fischer went on to win in three sets at No. 2 singles, but the Hawkeyes rallied at No. 4 and No. 5 singles to take the match 5-2.

Bronson said confidence may have been an issue in the loss.

"We never want to play afraid," she said. "I think today that kind of happened, and I think that's why it turned on us. Hopefully if we're in that situation again, we approach it a lot differently."

Adding to the drama Sunday was a controversial call to end the tiebreaker of the No. 1 doubles match that awarded the doubles point to Iowa.

Freshman Paola Calderon and junior Kylie Moore had a 7-4 lead in the eight-game set, but Iowa won four straight games, sending the match to a tiebreak. At match point in the tiebreak, the official did not hear Calderon call the ball "out" on a serve and called the match for Iowa. Bronson protested the call, but the official said the match was over.

After the match, Bronson felt no better about the call.

"You can't even explain it to your players," she said. "There's nothing you can do about it. We were very disappointed. Very disappointed."

Calderon was also unhappy with how the match ended.

"I did get pretty upset because I called it out, but the official makes the call and that's it," she said.

The Golden Eagles dropped the doubles point in both matches over the weekend. Bronson said the team may spend more time practicing in that area.

"I think we probably need to work a little bit more on that so we can secure that doubles point," she said.

Highlights of the weekend include two wins for the sister duo of sophomore Rachael Hush and freshman Gillian Hush at No. 3 doubles. Fischer and Metzler won both of their singles matches at the No. 2 and 6 spots, respectively.

Fischer said the key to winning matches is trusting your teammates.

"We play aggressively and believe in each other," she said. "That is key in winning matches."