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Trinity Competes in ITA Regionals at UT-Tyler on Saturday

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Tyler, Texas - Trinity's women's tennis team had a singles player and two doubles teams reach the semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Region Women's Championships.

Tiger player Caroline White, the tournament's No. 10 seed, defeated Genene Haddad of Hardin-Simmons 7-5, 7-5 in Saturday's quarterfinal round. She faces second-seeded Casey Johnson of UT-Dallas, who was a 3-6, 6-2, 10-3 (tiebreak) upset winner over No. 5 Kylie Hornbeck of Trinity.

Top seed Sofia Vega of Texas Lutheran beat seventh-seeded Trinity player Liza Southwick 6-2, 6-2. No. 6 Jessica Blundell of host UT-Tyler defeated 11th-seeded Gabrielle Roe of Trinity 6-0, 6-1 in the other quarterfinals matchups.

Both times of the semifinals and championship match will be determined.

Two Tiger teams will compete in both doubles semifinals on Sunday, with times to be announced. The fourth-seeded Trinity team of Kristy Hamilton and Stephanie Williamson will take on the No. 1 duo of Johnson and Auvi Tran of UT-Dallas. No. 3 seeds Hornbeck and Southwick meet the second-seeded duo of Blundell and Amy Friesenhahn of UT-Tyler. The championship match will follow.

In Saturday's doubles quarterfinals, Hamilton and Williamson took out UT-Tyler's Tori Musngi and Jennifer Payne, the No. 5 seeds, 8-6. Hornbeck and Southwick were 8-3 winners over eighth seeds Nicole Musngi and Haley Albro, also of UT-Tyler.

Earlier in the day, in the singles third round, White defeated the fourth-seeded Friesenhahn 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the quarterfinals. Roe had upset Tran, the No. 3 seed, by a score of 6-3, 6-3.

The singles and doubles winners advance to the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships Oct. 10-13 at Fort Myers, Fla.

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Players Mentioned

Kristy Hamilton

Kristy Hamilton

5' 7"
Sophomore
Kylie Hornbeck

Kylie Hornbeck

5' 5"
Senior
Gabrielle Roe

Gabrielle Roe

5' 2"
Sophomore
Liza Southwick

Liza Southwick

5' 8"
Freshman
Caroline White

Caroline White

5' 10"
Sophomore
Stephanie Williamson

Stephanie Williamson

5' 10"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Kristy Hamilton

Kristy Hamilton

5' 7"
Sophomore
Kylie Hornbeck

Kylie Hornbeck

5' 5"
Senior
Gabrielle Roe

Gabrielle Roe

5' 2"
Sophomore
Liza Southwick

Liza Southwick

5' 8"
Freshman
Caroline White

Caroline White

5' 10"
Sophomore
Stephanie Williamson

Stephanie Williamson

5' 10"
Senior