Georgetown, Texas - The top-seeded Trinity women's tennis team won its fourth consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship with a 5-1 victory over Colorado College on Sunday afternoon.

Trinity (10-8) won its 19th overall title, as well as claiming the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Playoffs. Bids will be issued May 4 for the regional competition, to be held later that week. The winners advance to the NCAA Championships May 18-21 at Mason, Ohio.

Marie Lutz and Liza Southwick shut out their Colorado College opponents 8-0 in the No. 1 doubles matchup, Gabrielle Roe and Caroline White won the No. 2 line, and Cheyenne Duncan and Blaire Porter took the No. 3 match.

Southwick captured No. 2 singles in straight sets, as did Roe in the fourth match. The only loss for the Tigers came at No. 3 singles as White, who was down 1-4 in the first set, had to retire because of an injury.

Last year, the Tigers defeated Schreiner University 5-0 to win the SCAC Championship at the Butch Newman Tennis Center. Trinity went on to advance to NCAA second round.

This marks the first SCAC title for Head Coach Gretchen Rush, who is a former Tiger All-American and member of Trintiy's Athletics Hall of Fame.  Rush joined the Trinity staff following the 2014 season.