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Trinity Women's Tennis Takes Third Place at SCAC Tournament
North Little Rock, Ark. – The second-seeded Trinity Tigers women won third place with an 8-1 victory Sunday over the No. 4 Rhodes Lynx at the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Championship Tournament at Burns Park Tennis Center.
Trinity (12-12, 10-5 against NCAA Division III opponents), ranked 19th nationally, bounced back after a 5-3 semifinal loss to third-seeded Sewanee. DePauw repeated as SCAC champion with a 9-0 win over Sewanee in the final.
The Tigers opened the match by winning two of three doubles. Katie Griffith and Thavindra Ekanayake took No. 2 doubles 8-3 over Carolina Sanchez and Anna Moak. Megan Jackson and Kassie Seger won No. 3 doubles, with an 8-2 victory over Courtney Martin and Leisy Ruddock.
Rhodes’ only point of the match was No. 1 doubles, as Anna Beth Sanford and Alice Havner edged Katie Budinsky and Erin Jamison 9-8.
Griffith outlasted Sanford 7-6, 4-6, 10-5 (tiebreak instead of third set) at No. 1 singles, and Ekanayake defeated Havner 6-3, 6-0 at No. 2. Budinsky took No. 3 singles, beating Sanchez 6-2, 6-2, and Jackson was a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Alex Phipps at No. 4. Seger beat Aya Kato 6-3, 6-4 at No. 5 singles, and Jamison rounded out the lineup at No. 6, beating Moak 7-6, 6-0.
TRINITY 8, RHODES 1
Doubles
1. Anna Beth Sanford/Alice Havner, Rhodes, def. Katie Budinsky/Erin Jamison 9-8
2. Katie Griffith/Thavindra Ekanayake, Trinity, def. Carolina Sanchez/Anna Moak 8-3
3. Megan Jackson/Kassie Seger, Trinity, def. Courtney Martin/Leisy Ruddock 8-2
Singles
1. Griffith, Trinity, def. Sanford 7-6, 4-6, 10-5 (tiebreak instead of third set)
2. Ekanayake, Trinity, def. Havner 6-3, 6-0
3. Budinsky, Trinity, def. Sanchez 6-2, 6-2
4. Jackson, Trinity, def. Alex Phipps 6-3, 6-4
5. Seger, Trinity, def. Aya Kato 6-3, 6-4
6. Jamison, Trinity, def. Moak 7-6, 6-0
