THE LEAD
The Dallas Baptist Women's Tennis Team would hand Newman University their first loss of the season defeating the Jets, 6-3. This would improve DBU's record to 8-2 overall and 2-2 in Heartland Conference play.

In doubles action, the Lady Patriots would take Line 1 and Line 3. Natalie Gennissen and Amanda Richter would win Line 1 by a score of 8-1 against the #7 ranked team in the South Central Region and Maria Fernandez de Camilo and Bianca Tijerina won 8-5 in Line 3.

Going into singles play with a 2-1 lead, the Lady Patriots increased their margin with a win at Line 2. Cassandra Wennerstrom, currently ranked #18 in the South Central Region, beat Lisa Pleskan who has a regional ranking of 20. Richter beat Hillary Hicks 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) to make the score 4-1. Maria Fernandez de Camilo clinched the match with her opponent stopping due to injury. Gennisseen would lose a close three set match and freshman Liz Slaughter won at Line 5 over Courtney Dold, 6-4, 6-3. Courtney McWilliams would lose 7-5, 7-6 (2) in Line 6.

The outburst by the Lady Patriots would give them a final score of 6-3 over the Jets.

RESULTS
Dallas Baptist 6 Newman 3

SINGLES:
Kate Bugayenko (NU) def. Natalie Gennissen (DBU) 6-7, 6-3, 6-2
Cassandra Wennerstrom (DBU) def. Lisa Pleskan (NU) 6-2, 7-6
Maria Fernandez de Camilo (DBU) def. Tamar Tskhakaia (NU) 5-7, 6-2, 2-1
Amanda Richter (DBU) def. Hillary Hicks (NU) 6-3, 7-4
Liz Slaughter (DBU) def. Courtney Dold (NU) 6-4, 6-3
Carissa Villaflor (NU) def. Courtney McWilliams (DBU) 7-5, 7-6

DOUBLES:
Gennissen/Richter (DBU) def. Pleskan/Villaflor (NU) 8-1
Bugayenko/Hicks (NU) def. Wennerstrom/Slaughter (DBU) 8-0
Fernandez/Tijerina (DBU) def. Tskhakaia/Raga (NU) 8-5

NEXT UP
The Lady Patriots will head to Stephenville, TX to take on Tarleton State on Saturday, March 28. The match is set to begin at 1:00 pm.