HOLLAND, Mich. -- The Trine University women's tennis team traveled to the Hope College Fall Invitational where eight different student-athletes would compete individually and in doubles teams over the past two days. Freshman Emilee Bassett would highlight the day taking the Women's "A" Draw Singles consolation bracket championship.
Joining Bassett in the "A" Draw were four other members of the team including fellow freshmen Alexis Maloney and Elina Locane, sophomore Bekah Trent and senior Eva Morales. Maloney was the lone Thunder to win her opening match picking up a hard fought 6-4, 5-7, 10-6 win in the opening round of the invitational. She would bow out of the tournament after a second round loss, 0-6, 1-6.
Locane dropped her opening round match before winning the first round of the consolation bracket. Her victory actually game against fellow Trine student-athlete Trent by the score of 8-4. She then fell in the quarter-final round to Bassett.
Bassett lost her opening match 1-6, 0-6 before going on a three match run. She received a bye in the opening round of the consolation bracket and then won a highly contested match against Locane. The teammates would play to a tiebreaker before Bassett took the match 8-7 (8-6). Bassett's next two matches were a bit simpler, she won the semi-final match 8-3, before capturing the consolation bracket championship 8-5.
Three members of the team competed in the Women's "B" Draw Singles including sophomores Lizzie Welker and Kennedy Outwater along with senior Bailey Pelliccia. Outwater won her opening match comfortably 6-2, 6-4, before bowing out with a loss in her second. Welker won a tightly contested first match 6-4, 5-7, 10-3, before dropping her second.
Two pairs competed in the Women's "A" Draw Doubles. Bassett and Maloney combined for an opening round 8-4 victory before dropping their second match 1-8. Morales and Trent lost their opening round 2-8 before dropping out of the consolation bracket with a second round loss.
In the Women's "B" Draw Doubles the team of Pelliccia and Outwater competed along with Locane and Welker. The later would make the longest foray into the main draw bracket. They would win their first match 8-3 as well as their second to reach semi-final round before bowing out.
The Thunder will return to the dual match format when they take the courts again. They will host Anderson (Ind.) University on Monday, Sept. 19. That match is set to start at 3 p.m.
