Redlands. Calif. -- The No. 29 Redlands Bulldogs edged the 25th-ranked Trinity Tigers women 5-4 Sunday afternoon.

 

Redlands started the match by winning all three doubles match-ups. The Tigers took four of six singles, but could not overcome the early deficit.

 

The dual match was decided at No. 3 singles, as Redlands Sara Yoshinaga beat Trinity's Megan Jackson 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

 

Trinity's Thavindra Ekanayake captured No. 1 singles by defeating Rachael Miller 6-3, 6-2. Katie Griffith took No. 2 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Redlands Jessica Ly.

 

The Tigers Kylie Hornbeck was a 1-6, 6-2, 7-5 winner over Paige Press at No. 4 singles. Erin Jamison took out Katherine Guimapang 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the No. 6 match.

 

Redlands' other singles win was at the No. 5 slot, as Julia Galbraith beat Kassie Seger 6-2, 0-6, 6-1.

 

Miller and Yoshinaga won No. 1 doubles 8-2 over Griffith and Seger, while Ly and Galbraith beat Ekanayake and Hornbeck 8-5 at No. 2.  Amanda Alvarez and Press completed the Redlands sweep of doubles with an 8-4 win over Jackson and Kathleen Lundquist at No. 3. 

 

Trinity (2-5) wraps up its California trip Monday at No. 28 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. The match will begin at 9 a.m. Pacific (11 a.m. Central) in Claremont.

 

 

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REDLANDS 5, TRINITY 4

Doubles

   1. Rachael Miller/Sara Yoshinaga, Redlands, def. Katie Griffith/Kassie Seger 8-2

   2. Jessica Ly/Julia Galbraith, Redlands, def. Thavindra Ekanayake/Kylie Hornbeck 8-5

   3. Amanda Alvarez/Paige Press, Redlands, def. Kathleen Lundquist/Megan Jackson 8-4

 

Singles

   1. Ekanayake, Trinity, def. Miller 6-3, 6-2

   2. Griffith, Trinity, def. Ly 6-3, 6-2

   3. Yoshinaga, Redlands, def. Jackson 6-4, 3-6, 6-2

   4. Hornbeck, Trinity, def. Press 1-6, 6-2, 7-5

   5. Galbraith, Redlands, def. Seger 6-2, 0-6, 6-1

   6. Erin Jamison, Trinity, def. Katherine Guimapang 6-2, 7-6 (5)