San Antonio - The Tigers, ranked No. 17 in the NCAA Division III, were 7-2 winners over The Cru of the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Saturday at Delavan Tennis Stadium.

Trinity, ranked third in the West Region, improved to 4-6. The Tigers took two of three doubles matches and five of six singles. Mary Hardin-Baylor is No. 12 in the region.

Mary Hardin-Baylor’s Mallory and Megan Aarhus, who are twins and are ranked ninth in the region, won No. 1 doubles by an 8-2 score over Tiger sophomore Erin Jamison and first-year player Katie Griffith, who are seventh regionally. First-years Kelsie Lawson and Kassie Seger beat Rebecca Everett and Christi Voss 8-5 at No. 2 doubles. Senior Melissa Weinnig and sophomore Megan Jackson were 8-3 winners over Amber Long and Andrea Wharton.

Griffith, ranked eighth in the region, won No. 1 singles, which clinched the dual match, with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over 20^th-ranked Megan Aarhus. Jamison captured No. 2 singles 6-1, 6-0 over Mallory Aarhus (19^th in the region), and Jackson won No. 3 by beating Everett 6-1, 7-5. Weinnig defeated Long 6-1, 6-0. The Cru won No. 5 singles – the last match on the court – as Voss beat Seger 6-4, 3-6, 10-2. A tiebreak was played in lieu of a third set. Lawson beat Wharton 6-2, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.

Trinity travels to Sherman, Texas, for a SCAC match Friday with Colorado College at Austin College. Next Saturday, the Tigers continue their SCAC schedule in Sherman with two matches, against Southwestern and the host Austin College.