Redlands, California - Trinity's women's tennis team lost its third straight match of the weekend on Sunday, falling to the University of Redlands by the final of 6-3.

Trinity (7-8) came into the weekend ranked fifth in Division III, and had not lost to a D-III team this season.  The Tigers fell to fourth-ranked Claremont and No. 14 Pomona the past two days.

Alicia Hunt won for the sixth straight time in singles play, and was the only Tiger to win all three of her singles contests this weekend.  Hunt also narrowly lost at No. 2 doubles with teammate Renae Wright, losing 9-7.

Krista Melish and Lauren Trapani also won singles matches today, as Trinity split the six singles matches with Redlands.  Redlands, however, won all three doubles matches to start the day - which eventually made the difference.

Melish improves to 6-4 in singles this season, while Trapani holds a 7-5 singles record.  She is 2-0 at the No. 6 position, winning twice in that spot this weekend.

Trinity returns home on Tuesday to face Willamette at 4:00 p.m.  The Tigers will also host four of the top teams in Division III from March 29 through April 3 in the Fab Five Women's Tennis Tournament.  Top-ranked Emory, third-ranked Washington & Lee, seventh-ranked Williams, and No. 12 Gustavus Adolphus will join the Tigers in San Antonio for the tournament. 

One of these five teams have been in the NCAA Division III National Championship match every year since 1999, as well as one of the teams winning the tournament each year since 2000.