ALMA, Mich. - The Trine
University women's tennis team earned an important MIAA
victory as they took down Alma College 5-4. The win improves the
Thunder to 9-8 on the year and 3-4 in the conference.
The Thunder started the afternoon off by getting
two wins in doubles action. The junior tandem of Jessica Huhnke
(Newburgh, Ind./Castle) and Chrissy Uphaus (Centerville,
Ind./Centerville) won their No. 1 match 8-5. In the third doubles
match, the team of sophomore Erin Kwaske (Jackson, Mich./Western)
and freshman Lexi Mack (Temperance, Mich./Bedford) won 8-4. In the
number two match, the duo of senior Samantha Willmann (Anderson,
Ind./Frankton) and junior Lauren Schlueter (Akron, Ohio/Revere)
nearly made it a clean sweep, falling 8-6.
In singles action, it was Kwaske who would give
the Thunder the victory with a third set tie-breaker in the No. 3
match to pull out the comeback, winning 1-6, 6-4, 7-6. Huhnke and
Schlueter also picked up wins in singles action. At the top
position, Huhnke won her match easily 6-2, 6-0 and Schlueter pulled
out a 6-4, 6-0 win at the fourth position. Mack nearly pulled off a
three-set win at the sixth position but fell 3-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Trine will close out the regular season when they
host Calvin on April 27 for a 1:00 p.m. match.
