ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A delegation from Trine University women's tennis traveled to the 2023 ITA Central Regional Championships hosted by Washington (Mo.) University.
The Thunder competed in both singles and doubles draws of the event. The team of sophomores Alexis Maloney and Elina Locane picked up the lone victory of the weekend for Trine, winning their opening doubles match 8-4. They would drop their next two matches, the first in the main draw and the second to exit the consolation bracket.
Individually, Locane dropped her first match to move to the consolation bracket. There she battled with her opponent before falling in a tiebreaker with scores of 1-6, 6-4, 8-10. The same was the case for sophomore Emilee Bassett, dropping her first contest 2-6, 2-6 before moving to the consolation for a highly contested match the ultimately went against her, 6-3, 2-6, 6-10.
The Thunder will return to team competition when they head to Anderson (Ind.) University on Tuesday, September 26. That match, which will conclude the fall portion of the team's schedule, is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.