GREENVILLE, N.C. -- East Carolina claimed wins at two singles flights but was unable to overcome a deep Charlotte team as the Lady Pirate tennis team fell to the Lady 49ers by a 5-2 score Wednesday at the ECU Tennis Complex.

ECU's victories came in two hard-fought matches at flights two and three, where junior Raluca Baicu and sophomore Gillie Bailey won, respectively.

Baicu posted a 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (7) win over Charlotte's Ofra Friedman, while Bailey won in a second-set tiebreaker, 6-3, 7-6 (4), over Lindsay Morris.

Bailey, an Australia native, is now 5-0 in singles since joining the Lady Pirates for the start of the spring semester.

ECU falls to 2-3 in dual match play on the season while Charlotte improves to 1-2.

The Lady Pirates hit the road this weekend for two matches in Charleston, S.C. ECU will face host College of Charleston on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and will return to the courts at 3 p.m. that afternoon for a match against Columbia University.

Charlotte 5, ECU 2

Singles
1. Laura Swain (CHA) d. Kirstin Buchanan (ECU), 6-2, 6-3
2. Raluca Baicu (ECU) d. Ofra Friedman (CHA), 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (7)
3. Gillie Bailey (ECU) d. Lindsay Morris (CHA), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
4. Ashleigh Murray (CHA) d. Cristina Meilicke (ECU), 6-1, 6-3
5. Kathy Robey (CHA) d. Sara Boseman (ECU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Ali Piacente (CHA) d. Ashley Perkinson (ECU), 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
1. Swain/Murray (CHA) d. Buchanan/Baicu (ECU), 8-5
2. Friedman/Robey (CHA) d. Meilicke/Bailey (ECU), 8-6
3. Jen Hatch/Marilyn Clark (CHA) d. Boseman/Perkinson (ECU), 8-0