(Story courtesy of Trinity University and Southwestern University)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Trinity University's Liza Southwick and Marie Lutz captured the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Region Doubles Championship on Sunday, while Southwick also finished as the runner-up in the singles competition.
Southwick and Lutz were seeded second in the tournament, and outfought top seeds Amy Friesenhahn and Tori Musngi of the University of Texas-Tyler 6-4, 7-6 (4) in the "A" final at the Butch Newman Tennis Center. The Trinity tandem earned a trip to the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships, held October 9-12 at Sumter, South Carolina. Southwick and Lutz became the first Trinity team to win the Regional doubles crown since 2012, when Mackenzie Knoop and Thavindra Ekanayake achieved that feat.
An all-Southwestern University final Sunday highlighted the weekend for the Pirate women's tennis teams as the tandem of Julie Swets and Emilie Moeller knocked off Virginia Stofer and Nicole Wilson to win the "B" Draw Doubles Championship at the ITA Southwest Regional.
