Box Score SAN ANTONIO, Texas - After a hard-fought loss to No. 14 Southwestern, the Whitman College women's tennis team returned to its winning ways, taking down Wellesley College, 5-4, in a neutral site match on Friday afternoon.

Head coach John Hein spoke of his team's solid win. "We had chances in doubles but they (Wellesley) got up 2-1 and we had to battle, but that's what we're finding out we are really good at. All 11 players contributed so much to this win, but I want to highlight Erica (Mock) stepping up to set the tone and  Mae (Thorp) moving into the lineup and playing the tennis we know she can play to get us a huge point. Then the clinch by Camilla (Tarpey-Schwed) against one of their strongest spots felt so good and well earned. Big win for us before playing Trinity tomorrow."

The Blues (7-2), indeed, found themselves behind a point after doubles. Mock and Tarpey-Schwed opened the match with a victory on the No. 2 court, but Wellesley won its matches at the three, then at the one. First doubles came down to a tiebreaker as Angel Le and Arianna Castellanos fell 8-7 to Annissa Mu and Melinda Alviar.

Whitman came out on the winning side in the first four finished matches to claim the victory. Le responded from her doubles loss to tie the score with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Michaela Markwart on the No. 1 court. Mock and Thorp then won their matches at the four and six, respectively, and both via sweeps. The match-clincher came at fifth singles when Tarpey-Schwed topped Alviar 6-4, 6-2.

The Blues will have their work cut out Friday when they visit No. 24 Trinity (TX). Match time is set for 10:00 a.m. CT (7:00 a.m. PT).