No. 13 Tiger Women's Tennis gears up for an action-packed Sunday 
 
Last Time
 
The morning started with Brooke Belitz (Scottsdale, Arizona / Notre Dame Prep) and Ruth Hill (Abilene, Texas / Abilene) winning swiftly 6-1 on line three. On line one, Trinity Levy (Camarillo, California / Weil Tennis Academy) and Rosabella Andrade (Southlake, Texas / Ponderosa) secured a dominant 6-2 victory, winning the doubles point for Trinity. Ellie Hughes (Austin, Texas / Vandegrift) and Olivia Kim (Phoenix, Arizona / Desert Mountain) then completed the doubles sweep with a 6-3 win on line two. 
 
The singles matches began where the doubles left off. Hill started off the action in her hometown, winning decisively on line one 6-0, 6-1. Andrade followed with a 6-1, 6-1 win at line six, and Levy clinched the victory for a second match in a row, with a 6-1, 6-1 win at line five. Hughes came out on top with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at line three, and Kim followed suit on line two with a 6-0, 6-3 win. Lucy Nabedrick (Plymouth, Minnesota / Wayzata) completed the sweep with a 6-2, 6-1 win at line four, wrapping up the afternoon. 
 
SCAC Doubles Team Of The Week - Ellie Hughes and Olivia Kim of Trinity University 
 
For the 7th time in Hughes's career (Doubles 2022, 2-time Doubles 2023, 2-time Doubles 2024, 3-time Doubles 2025) and the 14th time in Kim's career (Singles 2022, Singles 2023, Doubles 2022, 4-time Doubles 2023, Singles 2024, 3-time Doubles 2024, 3-time Doubles 2025), Graduate Student Ellie Hughes & Senior Olivia Kim have won SCAC Doubles Team of the Week. This is the third week in a row that the duo of Hughes and Kim have been selected for the SCAC Women's Doubles team of the Week. 
 
From the SCAC Press Release: 
 
Hughes, a graduate student from Austin, Texas, and Kim, a senior from Phoenix, Ariz., led 13th-ranked Trinity to a 7-0 road win in its only action last week, defeating Hardin-Simmons University. The Tiger doubles duo clinched the doubles point 6-3 for the second win of the day for Trinity, which went on to sweep doubles, and then complete the shutout with a singles sweep as well.
 
Preview - Nothing but Tennis on Sunday 
 
The Tigers look to remain perfect at home this season as they host McMurry and East Texas Baptist University on Sunday March 2nd at 10A.M. (McMurry) and 1P.M. (ETBU) at Butch Newman Tennis Center. 
 
On the McMurry War Hawks: The War Hawks are 0-2 so far this year with losses against Texas A&M-Texarkana 0-7 (NAIA) and Weatherford college 1-8 (NJCAA). Last season, the War Hawks finished with a 7-9 record, however they did not qualify for the American Southwest conference tournament. The War Hawks will look to sophomore K'Linda Mason to lead the way. Since the fall 2024 season, Mason is 4-5 in singles and 1-1 this spring. Mason has picked up the War Hawks only point of the season with a victory at line two against Weatherford 6-3, 6-4. Last time out, Trinity defeated the War Hawks 9-0 in the 2021-2022 season. The Tiger's record against McMurry stands at a perfect 9-0 since 2009. McMurry will be in for an uphill battle in San Antonio as they take on the Tigers. 
 
On the East Texas Baptist Tigers: The Tigers have yet to play a match this spring season, as their matches against Texas Lutheran, St. Thomas (TX), and McMurry were all cancelled. The Tigers concluded their 2024 campaign with a respectable 14-5 record, where they saw themselves qualify for the American Southwest Conference tournament. They won their opening match against Hardin-Simmons 5-2, however their season came to an end in the second round against Mary-Hardin Baylor 2-5. The Tigers will look to the skilled junior Bailey Smith to get their spring season off on the right foot. In the 2023-2024 season she recorded an impressive 19-4 record in singles and a 17-4 record in doubles. Last time out, Trinity defeated East Texas Baptist 9-0 in the 2021-2022 season. The Tiger's all-time record against East Texas Baptist stands at a perfect 7-0, with East Texas Baptist only scoring points on two of those occasions. ETBU will look to upset Trinity in a battle of the Tigers in San Antonio on Sunday afternoon. 
 
Looking Ahead 
 
The Tigers will host No. 22 Gustavus Adolphus and MIT in a challenging back-to-back on Thursday, March 6, at 5 P.M. (Gustavus Adolphus) and Friday, March 7, at 3 P.M. (MIT) at Butch Newman Tennis Center.