San Antonio - The Trinity University Tigers women’s tennis team, ranked No. 20 in the NCAA Division III, won its fourth straight match with a 7-2 victory Saturday over the UT-Tyler Patriots at Delavan Tennis Stadium.

Trinity, ranked No. 3 in the West Region, went over the .500 mark and now stands at 7-6. UT-Tyler was ranked No. 8 in the region.

The Tigers took of three doubles matches, including the No. 1 slot. Sophomores Katy Poettcker and Erin Jamison, ranked No. 7 in the West region, beat second-ranked Michelle Hagler and Beth Launius 9-8. Trinity first-year players Kelsie Lawson and Kassie Seger won No. 2 doubles, beating Lauren Nielsen and Sydni Hermsdorf 8-3. The Patriots won No. 3 doubles, as Brittany Ude and Lauren Giovannini beat sophomore Megan Jackson and senior Melissa Weinnig 8-5.

Trinity captured five of six singles matches, including the No. 1 match. Poettcker, ranked fourth in the region, was a 6-3, 6-0 winner over Launius, ranked 16^th.

The clinch match for the Tigers was at No. 2 singles, as the eighth-ranked Griffith came back to beat No. 23 Hagler 5-7, 6-1, 6-1. The match stood at 5-2 at this point.

UT-Tyler won No. 4 singles, with Hermsdorf beating Jackson 6-1, 7-6 (9-7).

Jamison took No. 3 singles with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Nielsen, and Weinnig won No. 5, defeating Giovannini 7-5, 6-3. Lawson got the nod at No. 6 singles, with a 6-4, 2-6, 10-7 win over Ude. A tiebreak was played instead of a third set.

The Tigers will meet Hardin-Simmons University, ranked No. 5 in the region, at 10 a.m. Friday, April 10, in Abilene, Texas.