San Antonio, TX - The 12th-ranked Trinity University Women's Tennis Team continued its strong start to the season with a commanding 7-0 victory over No. 35 Haverford College on Tuesday morning at the Butch Newman Tennis Center.
The Tigers jumped out to an early lead in doubles play, with Eva Kovachev (Arlington, Texas / The Oakridge School) and Allison Vo (Houston, Texas / Memorial) first off the court at the #3 position. The duo controlled the match from the start, earning a convincing 6-1 victory to give Trinity early momentum.
The sophomore pairing of Katie Schmidt (Prairie Village, Kansas / Shawnee Mission East) and Lauren Tin (Austin, Texas / Vandegrift) soon followed at #2 doubles, delivering a strong 6-2 performance to secure the doubles point and put the Tigers ahead 1-0. The 8th-ranked duo of Rosabella Andrade (Southlake, Texas / Ponderosa) and Trinity Levy (Camarillo, California / Weil Tennis Academy) closed out doubles play with a 6-3 win at the #1 spot to complete the sweep.
Trinity carried that momentum into singles action. Levy, after edging recent matches, was first to finish at #4 with a dominant 6-1, 6-0 victory to extend the lead. Tin followed shortly after at #3 with another decisive result, defeating her opponent 6-2, 6-2.
At #2 singles, 28th-ranked Andrade delivered one of the most impressive performances of the day, defeating 47th-ranked Aarti Prochnow in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0, to clinch the match for Trinity. Astrid Kerrman (Edina, Minnesota / Edina) added another point at #6 singles with a solid 6-3, 6-2 win.
48th-ranked Kovachev battled through a competitive match at the top of the lineup, earning a composed 7-5, 6-4 victory at #1 singles. Schmidt closed out the match at #5, after going 6-7 (5), 6-3 in the opening two sets, she prevailed 10-7 in a tiebreaker set, to secure the final point and complete the Tigers' 7-0 sweep.
With the victory, Trinity improves to 5-1 on the season while continuing its impressive undefeated run at home.
Up Next
The Tigers will continue their homestand later this week as they faceoff against the 21st-ranked Swarthmore College at the Butch Newman Tennis Center, on Thursday, March 12th at 10:00 a.m.
