San Antonio - The Tiger women's tennis
team split a pair of home matches on Saturday, defeating the
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 9-0, but suffering a shutout 9-0
loss to Midwestern State University.
The day opened with Trinity's first shutout of the season,
taking a 9-0 victory over the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor.
The Tigers won all nine points with straight-set
victories.
Liza Southwick, Kylie Hornbeck, and Stephanie Williamson all
scored points in both singles and doubles for Trinity in the
opening match. Williamson teamed with Kristy Hamilton for an
8-1 win at No. 3 doubles, and she also took a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 5
singles.
Hornbeck and Southwick were top line winners in doubles (8-1),
then won the top two singles positions for the Tigers.
Hornbeck won 6-1, 6-0 from line two, while Southwick took the
line one singles point 6-0, 6-2.
Against Midwestern, Hamilton and Williamson lost a narrow 8-6
decision at line three doubles to fall behind 0-3 overall.
Southwick forced a third set in her No. 1 singles match, but
eventually fell 1-6, 6-2, 4-6. Kathleen Lundquist lost 5-7,
5-7 at line six as well, finishing off the day for the Tigers.
Trinity will be back in action on Saturday, March 1, at St.
Edward's University. Following a West Coast road trip, the
Tigers will return home to host Schreiner University on March
28.