Abilene, Texas - Trinity's women's tennis team split a pair of matches to open up the 2013 spring season, defeating Hardin-Simmons University 9-0, but falling in a 7-2 match against Oklahoma Christian University.

The Tigers started the season with a shutout win over HSU at the Abilene Christian University Indoor Championships on Friday.  Trinity fell to Oklahoma Christian to close out the day, and are now 1-1 on the season.

Kylie Hornbeck and Gabrielle Roe were Trinity's only singles players to win both of their matches in today's action.  Playing at No. 6 singles, Roe won 6-0, 6-0 against Hardin-Simmons, then took a 6-1, 6-3 win in the finale against OCU.  Hornbeck won 6-1, 6-0 in her opener, then battled for a three-set victory (6-2, 1-6, 10-7) in the second match of the day.

Hornbeck also played No. 2 doubles in both matches, winning 8-1 with teammate Caroline White against Hardin-Simmons, but falling 8-4 against Oklahoma Christian.

In the Oklahoma Christian match, Trinity lost all three doubles points to fall behind 3-0 early.  The Tigers then won two of the singles points and nearly scored a third as White fell in a three-set match (3-6, 6-4, 5-10) at the fourth position.  

Kristy Hamilton and Stephanie Williamson took an 8-0 doubles win against HSU, then Hamilton went on to score a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles.  Against Oklahoma, the doubles team lost a narrow 8-7 (7-4) decision that nearly scored Trinity's first point of the match.  Hamilton later lost 6-2, 6-2 in singles in that match.

Mackenzie Knoop and Thavindra Ekanayake went 1-1 at No. 1 doubles for the Tigers.  The duo won 8-4 in the opener, then lost 8-2 against Oklahoma.  The pair also went 1-1 in singles, playing in Trinity's top two positions.  Knoop won 6-1, 7-5 against Hardin-Simmons, then lost 6-3, 6-1.  Ekanyake took a 6-2, 6-0 win in the first match, then fell 6-0, 6-4 to finish the day.

Trinity will continue the ACU Indoors with a single match tomorrow, taking on hosting Abilene Christian University at 9:00 a.m.