Trinity Women's Tennis Beats Rhodes Saturday

Tyler, Texas – The Trinity Tigers women’s tennis team wrapped up its trip to UT-Tyler with an 8-1 SCAC victory over the Rhodes Lynx Saturday.

Trinity (7-11, 4-0 SCAC), ranked No. 19 nationally,  was edged 5-4 by No. 29 Texas-Tyler on Friday. The Tigers, ranked fourth in the West Region, now stand at 7-4 in NCAA Division III matches.

The Tigers started Saturday’s match by winning two of three doubles. Erin Jamison and Katie Budinsky won No. 2 doubles, beating Anna Moak and Carolina Sanchez 9-8. Thavindra Ekanayake and Katie Griffith were victorious at No. 3 doubles, defeating Courtney Martin and Lesiy Ruddock 8-1. Rhodes’ only win of the match was at No. 1 doubles, with Anna Beth Sanford and Alice Havner beating Trinity’s Katy Poettcker and Kassie Seger 8-5.

Griffith won No. 1 singles 7-6, 6-2 over Sanford, and Ekanayake took No. 2 singles 6-0, 6-1, beating Havner. No. 3 singles went to Budinsky, a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Sanchez, and Megan Jackson took No. 4 singles 6-0, 6-2, defeating Alex Phipps. Seger beat Aya Kato 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5 singles, and Jamison prevailed 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6 over Moak.

Trinity returns home Friday, April 9, to host McMurry (No. 15  in the region) at 3 p.m. at Delavan Tennis Stadium.