Women's Tennis

March 6, 2007

Fifth-Ranked Tigers Defeat No. 28 Kenyon Tuesday

 

San Antonio - Trinity's women's tennis team earned its third straight victory on Tuesday afternoon, defeating Kenyon College 6-3 at Delavan Tennis Stadium.

Trinity (7-5) took two out of three doubles matches, then proceeded to win four of the six singles matchups.  With the Tigers leading 4-3 overall, sophomore Melissa Weinnig clinched the match with a win at No. 6 singles.  Weinning was trailing 1-5 in the first set, but came back to win 7-6 (4), followed by a 7-5 win in the second. 

Hayley Dittus came back in her No. 1 singles match 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 to secure her 40th career singles victory.  Overall, Dittus is 40-23 in singles in her career (in team play).  She also teamed with first-year Krista Melish to win at No. 2 doubles by a final of 8-2.

Alicia Hunt, who currently has 41 career victories in singles play, also won both her singles and doubles matches against Kenyon.  Hunt won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, and she teamed with Renae Wright to win 8-4 at No. 1 doubles.

Trinity will travel to California for its next matches, played March 23-25 against Claremont, Pomona, and Redlands. 

 

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