Women's Tennis Falls To Trinity In Championship Match

KERRVILLE, Texas — Rain delays extended the Southwestern women's tennis team's reign as defending SCAC champions an extra 2.5 hours. Once the courts dried, the No. 13-ranked Trinity Tigers defeated the No. 16-ranked Pirates 5-0 in the championship match. 

Doubles were vital in last year's Southwestern championship run, taking two of three, but Trinity roared back with a vengeance, making a clean sweep. 

Trinity's first-year tandem of Olivia Kim and Ruth Hill set the tone with an 8-3 win over Alli Ziehm and Emma Kesterson at No. 2 doubles, avenging an 8-5 loss to Southwestern's All-American duo in the ITA Fall Regionals. 

Cate Cushing and Megan Flores avenged their own 8-6 ITA loss to Nina Mitrofanova and Lydia Lee with a decisive 8-2 victory at No. 1 doubles. 

Taylor Despriet and Lauren Chisholm battled in a back-and-forth match against Ellie Hughes and Elodie Richards before losing 8-6. 

Hill put Trinity on the brink with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Kesterson at No. 3 singles, and Cushing clinched with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Despriet at No. 2 singles. 

Southwestern drops to 16-5 with the loss. The NCAA will announce its team tournament field on Monday, May 9, and its individual qualifiers on Wednesday, May 11. 

#13 TRINITY UNIVERSITY 5, #16 SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 0
May 1, 2022 at Kerrville, Texas (Cree Family Tennis Center)