Orange, Calif. – The Trinity College women's tennis team opened the spring season with a 5-4 loss to Chapman at the Chapman Tennis Courts on during the team's spring break trip in California. With the loss, the Bantams move to 0-1, while the Panthers won their second straight to improve to 3-4.

Chapman got off to a hot start, winning all three doubles matches. All three matches were tightly contested as Trinity fell, 8-6, at No.1 and No. 3. The Bantam duo of first-year Vanja Babunski (Belgrade, Serbia) and classmate Ania Aliev (Needham, Mass.) lost 8-5 at No. 2.

In singles action, Trinity won four of six matches. Junior Morgan Feldman (Upper Bookville, N.Y.) and Babunski both scored straight-set victories for the Bantams at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively. At No. 1, senior co-captain Melita Ferjanic (Samobor, Croatia) netted a come-from-behind triumph. After losing the first set, 6-1, Ferjanic rallied to win the second, 6-4, and the third, 6-2. First-year Emily Curtis (Milton, Mass.) earned the fourth point of the match for Trinity with a come-from-behind win at No. 6. Curtis fell, 6-3, in the opening set and won the next two by scores of 6-3 and 6-4.

Trinity continues its west coast swing with a New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) clash with Bowdoin on March 18.

CHAPMAN 5, TRINITY 4
Doubles
1) Melita Ferjanic and Morgan Feldman (T) lost to Andrea Hammer and Rachel Fox (C), 8-6
2) Vanja Babunski and Ania Aliev (T) lost to Sophia Duong and Madeline Saunders (C), 8-5
3) Emily Curtis and Sara Curtis (T) lost to Lauren Ross and Mady Starhl (C), 8-6
Singles
1) Ferjanic (T) defeated Hammer (C), 1-6, 6-4, 6-2
2) Feldman (T) defeated Fox (C), 7-5, 6-0
3) Babunski (T) defeated Duong (C), 6-2, 6-3
4) Aliev (T) lost to Saunders (C), 6-3, 6-1
5) Carolyn Zimmer (T) lost to Ross (C), 4-6, 7-5, 6-0
6) E. Curtis (T) defeated Sarah McDonald (C), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4