Box Score RICHARDSON, Texas – No. 16 Trinity University Women's Tennis had their season come to an end on Saturday afternoon when they lost to No. 3 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in the second round of the NCAA III Championship tournament.
The Tigers came out strong and scored first with a mark of 8-5 coming from the sophomore duo,
Ruth Hill (Abilene, Texas / Abilene) and
Olivia Kim (Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Mountain), taking down the No. 2 doubles team in the West.
The Sagehens responded quickly with their own identical pair of 8-5 victories in lines two and three, their regionally sixth-ranked partners taking down Trinity's eighth-ranked pairing of junior
Cate Cushing (Colleyville, Texas / Colleyville) and first-year
Trinity Levy (Camarillo, Calif. / Weil Tennis Academy).
Pomona-Pitzer continued to dominate as they rolled into singles play, taking down juniors
Ellie Hughes (Austin, Texas / Vandegrift) and
Ella Cummings (Albuquerque, N.M. / Sandia) just minutes apart in lines five and six, respectively, to put the Sagehens just one point from clinching.
Kim battled it out in line two, but ultimately fell with a mark of 6-3, 6-3 to advance Pomona-Pitzer to the next round of the tournament.
Up Next: NCAA III Singles and Doubles Championships
Hill and Kim have been selected to compete in the NCAA III Women's Doubles Championships, held May 18-22 at the USTA National Campus in Orlando, Florida. Hill will also be competing in the Singles Championships, taking place at the same time.
