Box Score Hartford, Conn. - The Trinity College women's tennis team lost this afternoon to the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) East Division Tufts University Jumbos by a final score of 8-1 at the Paul D. Assaiante Tennis Center.  Trinity falls to 2-3 overall and 1-3 in the NESCAC East, while Tufts improves to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in the division.  The Jumbos won at both third and first doubles for an early 2-0 lead.  Trinity senior co-captains Lily Everett (Nassau, Bahamas) and Morgan Wilkins (Huntington Bay, N.Y.) fought at second doubles to keep the score close heading into singles play. With solid serving and fantastic execution at the net, they forced their match to a tiebreaker at 7-7. The Jumbos edged them out though by a final score of 8-7 (7-2) and continued to build on their momentum in the second half of the match. In singles, the Jumbos were almost perfect. Everett battled hard in what was one of the longer bouts in her match at fourth singles, but it was junior Ashley Walker (New Canaan, Conn.) who won the sole match of the day for the Bantams at fifth singles. After losing the first set, 6-3, Walker used her consistency on the baseline to grind out the second set, 6-4. With all of her teammates on the next court supporting her, Walker won the tiebreaker and the match by a final score of 3-6, 6-4, 12-10. 

MATCH RESULTS
Doubles
1.    TU - Maggie Dorr / Caroline Garrido d. Isabella Hartman / Josephine Kimball 8-3
2.    TU - Tilly Rigby / Casey Cummings d. Morgan Wilkins / Lily Everett 8-7 (2)
3. TU - Kiara Rose / Anna Lowy d. Ashley Walker / Angelina Shyltsyna 8-4
Singles
1.    TU - Tilly Rigby d. Isabella Hartman 6-0, 6-2
2.    TU - Maddie Suk d. Josephine Kimball 6-2, 6-1
3.    TU - Nicki Frankel d. Angelina Shyltsyna 6-3, 6-3
4.    TU - Zoe Kava d. Lily Everett 6-4, 6-1
5.    TC - Ashley Walker d. Kiara Rose 3-6, 6-4, 12-10
6.    TU - Kennedy May d. Morgan Wilkins 6-0, 6-3
Tufts 8, Trinity (Conn.) 1