Amherst Defeats Trinity 6-0 to Earn Final-Four Appearance

Memphis, TN---Weather forced play indoors at the Racquet Club of Memphis (Memphis, TN) on Wednesday afternoon (5/12), where the Amherst Jeffs defeated the Trinity Tigers by a score of 6-0 in opening round action of the NCAA Division III Women's Tennis Championships.

Amherst opened strong, sweeping all three doubles matches. At #1 doubles the Jeffs' pairing of Tristan Hedrick and Rachel Holt downed Trinity's Hayley Dittus and Heather McGowan (8-1). At the #2 spot, Wallis Molchen and Kristen Raverta of Amherst defeated Trinity's Christy Austin and Megan Suarez (8-3). Amherst's #3 team of Hadley Miller and Erin Murphy also defeated Trinity's Jackie Mendillo and Leigh Pankonien (8-4).

Amherst continued its momentum as singles play began. Needing only 2 points to secure a spot in the semifinals, the Jeffs earned 3 points nearly simultaneously. Raverta of Amherst defeated Trinity's Dittus at the #2 spot (6-3, 6-2), while the Jeffs' Miller defeated the Tigers' Austin at the #4 spot (6-2, 6-4). Just after the match had been decided, the #3 singles match finished with Amherst's Holt defeating the Tigers' Mendillo (6-3, 6-1). Numbers 1, 5, and 6 singles did not reach completion.

Amherst will move on to face Williams in the semifinals tomorrow at Rhodes College (1:00pm).

Doubles

#1 Hedrick/Holt (A) def. Dittus/McGowan (T)...... 8-1
#2 Raverta/Molchen (A) def. Austin/Suarez (T)...... 8-3
#3 Miller/Murphy (A) def. Medillo/Pankonien (T)...... 8-4

Singles

#1 Suarez (T) led Hedrick (A)...... 7-5, 1-5
#2 Raverta (A) def. Dittus (T)...... 6-3, 6-2
#3 Holt (A) def. Mendillo (T)...... 6-3, 6-1
#4 Miller (A) def. Austin (T)...... 6-2, 6-4
#5 Molchen (A) led McGowan (T)...... 6-4, 2-5
#6 Hudson (A) led Benoist (T)...... 6-3, 3-0