Women's Tennis

March 24, 2007

Tigers Upset by Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday

 

Pomona, California - The Tiger women's tennis team, ranked fourth in Division III, was upset in a 6-3 win by 14th-ranked Pomona-Pitzer College on Saturday afternoon.

Trinity (7-7) lost for just the second time all year against Division III opponents, falling to 5-2 on the season.  The Tigers took one doubles match and two singles matches against Pomona on Saturday.

Alicia Hunt won in both singles and doubles in this match, coming back from a first-set defeat for the second straight day.  Hunt won 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in singles, as well as teaming with Renae Wright to take an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles.  Hunt improves to 6-1 at No. 2 singles this season.

Melissa Weinnig also won in singles, surviving a tightly-contested final set.  Weinnig took the first set 6-2, but lost 2-6 in the second.  She battled Pomona's Lindsay Clough to a 12-10 win in the deciding set, winning her sixth singles match of the season.

The Tigers will face 16th-ranked Redlands tomorrow in the final match of the weekend.  Trinity returns home to take on Willamette on Tuesday afternoon at Delavan Tennis Stadium, beginning at 4:00 p.m.

 

Questions or comments:
athletics@trinity.edu

 

One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200
(210) 999-8237 fax: (210) 999-8292

© 2004 Trinity University. All rights reserved.