HARTFORD, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams handled the visiting Springfield College Pride, 7-2, in women's tennis action this afternoon played indoors at Trinity Field House.  Trinity improved to 5-2 with its fourth win in five matches heading into a Saturday home match against New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) rival Tufts, ranked No. 10 in the nation, on Saturday at 2 p.m. 

Trinity won both doubles matches and all five singles matches that were played.  Springfield earned both its points on defaults.  Bantam senior co-captain Ashley Walker (New Canaan, Conn.) was dominant in the No. 4 singles match, winning, 6-0, 6-1, while sophomore Josephine Kimball (New York, N.Y.) and rookie Ella Baker (Gladstone, N.J.) also won singles matches in straight sets. 

MATCH RESULTS
Doubles
1. TC - Isabelle Hartman/Josephine Kimball d.. Heaney-Succord/Suozzo, 8-4
2. TC - Angelina Shyltsyna/Ashley Walker d. Malz/Manataweewat 8-4
3. S- Roselli/Mederick won by default
Singles
1. TC- Hartman d. Heaney-Succord, 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
2. TC- Kimball d. Manataweewat, 6-1, 6-1
3. TC- Shyltsyna d. Malz, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
4. TC- Walker d. Suozzo, 6-0, 6-1
5. TC- Ella Baker d. Roselli, 6-3, 6-0
6. S- Mederick won by default
Trinity (Conn.) 7, Springfield 2