FREMONT, Ind.-- The Trine women's tennis team dropped a hard-fought match to Olivet by a 5-4 score in MIAA-action Monday evening at Fremont High School.
Kinnsey Pass (Lafayette, Ind. / Jefferson) pulled off an epic comeback to win her match at No. 3 singles. The sophomore dropped her first set and was down 5-0 in the second before she made her comeback. Pass faced match point multiple times in the second set but was able to keep her chances alive by fighting back to win the tiebreak. Pass completed the comeback with a convincing 6-0 win the final set to earn her team-leading ninth win of the season. Pass also leads the team with three conference wins and has won her last two MIAA matches.
Lexi Mack (Temperance, Mich. / Bedford) was able to get the best of another exciting, back-and-forth match. Mack split the first two sets with her opponent. The senior rallied back after dropping her second set to win the deciding set by a 6-2 decision. Mack's victory was her third in singles play this season.
Madison Hatkevich (Granger, Ind. / Edwardsburg) notched the final Thunder singles win on the evening. The sophomore won by scores of 6-3, 6-4 in one of just two singles matches in the dual that didn't go three sets. Hatkevich's win was her sixth of the season and second in conference play.
Pass and Sloan Davis (Olivet, Mich. / Olivet) combined on Trine's doubles win. The duo earned an 8-6 victory in the No. 3 court. Pass and Davis have won their last two matches in conference play. The duo owns the most wins of any Thunder doubles pairing this season.
The Comets' 2-1 edge in doubles ultimately proved to be the difference in the match. Olivet and Trine split the six singles matches. Trine fell to 3-11 overall, 0-5 in the MIAA. The Comets improved to 7-7 overall, 3-2 in conference matches.
The Thunder will host Kalamazoo this Saturday, Apr. 23 at Fremont High School. First serve is scheduled for 1 p.m.