SAN ANTONIO - No. 19 Trinity University Women's Tennis chalked up a pair of victories to begin the 2022 regular season at the Newman Tennis Center Saturday as it posted a shutout in the morning session over East Texas Baptist University, 9-0, followed by an 8-1 output over University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in the afternoon.

The Tigers (2-0) were fuelled by top-notch play from first-year Ruth Hill (Abilene, Texas / Abilene) who posted straight-set victories in both matches including a shutout from line-two action against East Texas Baptist.

Hill partnered with fellow Trinity rookie Olivia Kim (Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Mountain) to produce back-to-back blanks from the second doubles line and secure the top two lines of doubles against the Crusaders in the afternoon on scores of 6-2, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-1, respectively.

Last season's NCAA III Championship entries, senior Megan Flores (Houston, Texas / Clear Lake) and sophomore Cate Cushing (Colleyville, Texas / Colleyville Heritage) eased into action Saturday as the duo swept line-one doubles action, 8-1 against the Tigers of Marshall, Texas and 8-4 against UMHB. In individual action, each Tiger took the lineup for one match as Flores defeated her Crusader counterpart 6-0, 6-1 from the third line and Cushing took out ETBU's top-line entry 6-3, 6-3.

Another trio of Trinity first-years joined Hill and Kim in career-opening highlights. Jenna Lee (San Clemente, Calif. / Jserra Catholic) checked in with a 6-3, 6-0 victory in line three against East Texas Baptist for her first collegiate victory, followed closely by Sam Miller (Georgetown, Texas / Georgetown) and Trinity Hatchett (Pearland, Texas / Dawson) from the lineup's fifth and sixth slots. Miller later collected her second victory from the sixth line of singles action against the Crusaders.

Trinity Women's Tennis makes the journey to the other side of US-281 to battle NCAA I University of the Incarnate Word Saturday at 10 a.m., followed by a visit from Hardin-Simmons University on Sunday, February 20 at 11 a.m.