SAN ANTONIO - Trinity University Women's Tennis was handed a 7-2 defeat at the hands of NCAA II Texas A&M University-Kingsville Saturday afternoon at the Butch Newman Tennis Center.

The Rundown

The Tigers looked to keep pace early as the second-line duo of junior Megan Flores (Houston, Texas / Clear Lake) and first-year Cate Cushing (Colleyville, Texas / Colleyville Heritage) posted a strong 8-2 score in an even response to the defeat suffered in line one play.

Trinity nearly captured No. 3 doubles also as senior Paulina Garcia (San Antonio, Texas / The Episcopal School of Texas) and first-year Elodie Richard (Allen, Texas / Allen) scrapped to an 8-7 defeat.

Senior Zoe Kaffen (San Juan Capistrano, Calif. / Jserra Catholic) tallied a 6-3, 6-3 score as the Tigers's lone singles victory, though the tone set by the Garcia-Richard duo spilled over into the individual side of the lineup. Cushing and Richard each pushed their matches to three sets; the No. 3 singles matchup needed a staggering 12-10 tiebreaker to decide Cushing's 7-6 second set.

Up Next

Trinity Women's Tennis goes back out on the road Friday to open Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference play at Texas Lutheran University, then at University of St. Thomas (TX) next Sunday, March 14.

Sandwiched between the pair of SCAC road matches is a home date with NCAA I Air Force Academy next Saturday, scheduled for a 10 a.m. start.