ANGOLA, Ind. - The Trine
University women's tennis team fell to conference co-leader
Albion College 6-2.
Trine, 8-8 on the season and 2-4 in the MIAA,
picked up their first win in the No. 1 doubles match as the team of
juniors Jessica Huhnke (Newburgh, Ind./Castle) and Chrissy Uphaus
(Centerville, Ind./Centerville) won 9-7. In other doubles action,
the duo of senior Samantha Willmann (Anderson, Ind./Frankton) and
junior Lauren Schlueter (Akron, Ohio/Revere) fell 8-1 at the second
position and sophomore Erin Kwaske (Jackson, Mich./Western) and
freshman Lexi Mack (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) fell 8-3 in the
third match.
In singles competition, Mack would pull out the
lone Thunder victory in the No. 6 position taking the match 6-4,
6-4. Huhnke fell 6-3, 6-1 in the first position and Uphaus dropped
her No. 2 match 6-2, 6-2. In the fourth singles match Schlueter
fell 6-0, 6-2. Willmann fell 6-1, 6-1 in the fifth position and
Kwaske's match at third singles was not finished due to
rain.
Trine returns to the courts on April 20 for a
doubleheader when they host Huntington at 10:00 a.m. and then St.
Francis at 3:30 p.m.