THE RUNDOWN
The DBU Women's Tennis team went 2-1 over the weekend to begin the spring season. DBU fell 8-1 on Friday to Harding University in Dallas at Kiest Park before responding to defeat Schreiner University 9-0 and Howard Payne University 5-0 on Saturday in Kerrville, Texas.

DBU HEAD COACH WADE MORGAN ON THE WOMEN'S PERFORMANCE THIS WEEKEND
"Our women bounced back nicely on Saturday after taking a tough loss Friday to a solid Harding team. We are looking forward to improving each match and our young players getting much needed experience as we get deeper into our spring season."

RESULTS
Team:
DBU 1, Harding University 8
DBU 9, Schreiner 0
DBU 5, Howard Payne University 0

RESULTS VS. HARDING
Singles
#1 Gabby Alves def. Liz Slaughter (7-6[4], 6-3)
#2 Laura Golubic def. Bianca Tijerina (6-2, 6-4)
#3 Arisa Takanashi def. Claire Nguyen (4-6, 6-0 [10-9])
#4 Hannah Folse def. Ira Vogelmann (6-1, 6-1)
#5 Paulina Kostka def. Adriana Carpenter (1-6, 6-0 [10-9])
#6 Devon Austin-Canning def. Erin Young (3-2 [retired])
 
Doubles
#1 Golubic/Takanashi def. Tijerina/Vogelmann (8-2)
#2 Alves/Folse def. Nguyen/Carpenter (8-6)
#3 Faulkner/Shaw def. Austin-Conning/Garcia-Zarate (8-6)
 
RESULTS VS. SCHREINER
Singles
#1 Liz Slaughter def. Lauren Stanley (6-0, 6-0)
#2 Bianca Tijerina def. Kara Miller (6-1, 6-4)
#3 Claire Nguyen def. Katie Smith (6-2, 6-1)
#4 Ira Vogelmann def. Kate De Los Santos (6-2, 6-0)
#5 Adriana Carpenter def. Marlee Daniel (6-0, 6-1)
#6 Michelle Garcia Zarate def. Sam Sterling (8-1)
#7 Devon Austin-Canning def. Lindsey Reynolds (8-0)
 
Doubles
#1 Nguyen/Slaughter def. Stanley/Miller (8-2)
#2 Vogelmann/Tijerina def. Smith/Watts (8-2)
#3 Austin-Canning/Garcia-Zarate def. Daniel/De Los Santos (8-2)
#4 Djordjevic/Carpenter def. Montero/Trony (8-6)
 
RESULTS VS. HOWARD PAYNE
Singles
#1 Liz Slaughter def. Ohesney Goza (0,0)
#2 Claire Nguyen def. Erin McCleer (0,0)
#3 Ira Vogelmann def. Erin Blanchard –DNF (6-1, 0-0)
#4 Adriana Carpenter def. Breanna Hunt –DNF (6-1, 0-0)
#5 Devon Austin-Canning def. Rosie Cadena –DNF (6-1, 2-0)
#6 Michelle Garcia Zarate def. Dariela Iares Ibarra –DNF (6-1, 1-0)
 
Doubles
#1 Slaughter/Nguyen def. McCleer/Blanchard (8-4)
#2 Austin-Canning/Garcia-Zarate def. Hunt/Chesney (8-1)
#3 Djordjevic/Carpenter def. Lovelady/Cadena (8-2)

UP NEXT
The Women's Tennis team heads to Abilene, Texas, to take on Harding-Simmons and McMurry University on February 9 and 10.