The Marshall University tennis team rallied from a 1-3 deficit to defeat No. 68 Yale University Saturday at the ITA Kick-off Weekend.

The Herd earned the match’s opening point by winning two of the three doubles matches, as the tandem of Derya Turhan and Rachael Morales (6-1) as well as the duo of Marija Bogicevic and Anne Gulsrud (6-4) picked up victories.

However, Yale made up the deficit and then some in singles play, winning each of the first three matches to go up 3-1 in the competition. Gulsrud and Bogicevic weren’t able to duplicate the success achieved in doubles play as both lost in singles, while Anna Pomyatinskaya was forced to retire due to a previously suffered injury.

With Yale needing only one more singles victory to take the match, the Herd wheeled off three straight singles wins to steal the match as Turhan, Morales and Maddie Silver brought the Herd back.

All three of the matches went to a third set, but Silver (6-3), Morales (6-0) and Turhan (6-1) were each able to secure clutch victories, with Turhan’s completing the comeback and sealing the 4-3 match victory.

The Herd’s (1-1) next match will be 9 a.m. Sunday in Charlottesville, Virginia, where the Herd will matchup with the No. 28-ranked and undefeated University of South Carolina.