The Basics
-Score: St. Edward's 6, Dallas Baptist 3
-Records: St. Edward's 2-1: Dallas Baptist 4-2
-Location: Dallas, Texas (Kiest Park)
 
How It Happened
-St. Edward's used a sweep in doubles to jump out to an early lead and quickly took home three singles matches to decide the match.
-Francesca Chahor, RAFAELA HAEGELE and KATHERINE SULLIVAN all went 2-0 on the day.
 
DOUBLES
1. SASHA KHADZHYAN/FLORENCE BOINON (SEUWT) def. Natalie Gennissen/Katie Daugherty (DBUWT) 8-6
2. PAIGE RACHEL/RAFAELA HAEGELE (SEUWT) def. Leah Rutt/Amanda Richter (DBUWT) 8-5
3. KATHERINE SULLIVAN/Francesca Chahor (SEUWT) def. Leah Smith/Alexa Mentesana (DBUWT) 8-3
 
SINGLES
1. Natalie Gennissen (DBUWT) def. SASHA KHADZHYAN (SEUWT) 6-0, 6-2
2. Katie Daugherty (DBUWT) def. PAIGE RACHEL (SEUWT) 0-6, 7-5, 10-4
3. Leah Rutt (DBUWT) def. FLORENCE BOINON (SEUWT) 6-2, 4-6, 10-6
4. RAFAELA HAEGELE (SEUWT) def. Amanda Richter (DBUWT) 6-0, 6-1
5. Francesca Chahor (SEUWT) def. Leah Smith (DBUWT) 6-3, 6-3
6. KATHERINE SULLIVAN (SEUWT) def. Alexa Mentesana (DBUWT) 6-0, 6-0
 
Beyond the Box Score
-Haegele is a perfect 3-0 in singles play this season. She is also 2-1 in doubles action.
-The Hilltoppers have now defeated Dallas Baptist two times in a row. St. Edward's downed the Patriots, 5-2 in the Heartland Conference Championship.
 
Courtside with Coach
Head Coach Brenda Niemeyer on her team's performance:
“This was a great start in conference play for us. Our hard work in doubles really paid off for us in a big way today.”
 
Up Next
St. Edward's will be back in action Saturday when they face UA Fort Smith in Dallas at 10 a.m.