SAN ANTONIO – The ninth-ranked Trinity women's tennis team was tripped up in a 6-3 loss to 10th-ranked Washington University-St. Louis on Friday afternoon.

The Tigers fell to 9-3 on the season with the loss, while the Bears improved to 9-2 with the win. All three of Trinity's losses this season have come against teams ranked in the top 10 nationally.

Trinity opened doubles with an 8-3 win at line three by Ellie Hughes (Austin, Texas / Vandegrift) and Rosabella Andrade (Southlake, Texas / Ponderosa), but WashU evened the match with a narrow 8-6 win over the top-line Tiger doubles team of Ruth Hill (Abilene, Texas / Abilene) and Olivia Kim (Phoenix, Ariz. / Desert Mountain). The Bears took the lead with a hard-fought 8-6 (8-6) win over Trinity's Trinity Levy (Camarillo, Calif. / Weil Tennis Academy) and Cate Cushing (Colleyville, Texas / Heritage) to take the 2-1 lead.

WashU won the first two singles matches in straight sets to keep the momentum going, then Hughes forced a third set at line two singles before falling in the third-set clincher. Cushing won her opening set, then eventually fell in the third set at line six. Undaunted, the Tigers rallied to win the final two singles matches and end the day on a high note. Hill won 6-4 in the opening set at #1 singles, then lost a narrow 7-6 (8-6) second set, but she rallied for a 6-4 win in the third to clinch her victory. Andrade was also locked in a battle at line five, rallying for a 6-3 win in the second set to force a third. She then ended the match with a 7-6 (7-5) win in the third.

Up Next

Trinity will continue its stretch of matches against nationally-ranked opponents next weekend in Atlanta, Georgia. The Tigers face #11 Babson College (MA) on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. (ET), then take on fifth-ranked Emory University (GA) on Sunday, April 7 – also at 10:00 a.m.