LEBANON, Tenn. -- No. 15 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis opened their big Spring Break trip with a 5-4 victory over No. 13 Cumberland (Tenn.) on Friday in Lebanon, Tennessee. Lucia Solis (FR/Tucuman, Argentina) won 11 of the final 12 games in No. 2-singles to earn the three set victory and clinch the team win.

Game Vitals

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan - 5   |   Cumberland - 4
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 17-0   |   Cumberland 1-3
• NAIA Top- 25 Rank:  Indiana Wesleyan - No. 15   |   Cumberland - No. 13
• Location:   Tommy Gray Memorial Tennis Courts   |   Cumberland University   |   Lebanon, Tennessee 
• Brief:  No. 15 Indiana Wesleyan University women’s tennis opened their big Spring Break trip with a 5-4 victory over No. 13 Cumberland (Tenn.) on Friday in Lebanon, Tennessee. Lucia Solis won 11 of the final 12 games in No. 2-singles to earn the three set victory and clinch the team win.
   

What Went Down

• Cumberland led 2-1 with the conclusion of doubles. Rachel Bottorff (JR/Newburgh, Ind.) and Alex Mella (FR/Libertyville, Ill.) earned the lone double win for Indiana Wesleyan with an 8-5 score at No. 2-doubles.
• Katie Wilson (SR/Middletown, Ind.) and Lucia Solis suffered their first doubles loss of the season today in an 8-5 defeat at No. 1-doubles. This was a rematch of the ITA-NAIA Doubles National Championship in October which the IWU pair won 6-0, 6-1.
• Kelsey Vessels (JR/Roanoke, Ind.) and Ellen Hornett (JR/Fishers, Ind.) lost 8-2 in the No. 3 match.
• The Wildcats rebounded from the doubles deficit to win four of the six singles matches to earn the 5-4 team victory.
• Lucia Solis won the pivotal game for Indiana Wesleyan with a 4-6, 7-6, 6-0 win at No. 2-singles. After losing the first set, Solis trailed 5-2 in the second set. She went on to win 11 of the next 12 games to secure the critical point.
• Rachel Bottorff won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3-singles, Alex Mella earned the 7-5, 6-2 victory at No. 4-singles, and Marissa Klein (FR/Evansville, Ind) took a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 6-singles.
• Katie Wilson fell 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1-singles and Mikayla Marazzi (JR/Abbotsford, BC) lost 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 at No. 5-singles.
  
   

Coach’s Corner

• “It is a great start to the Spring Break trip with a win against the No. 13 ranked team. I thought the girls played very well considering this is the first time we played outdoors since October. This Spring Break trip is going to be a test of our perseverance as we play 10 matches in 9 days against some of the best teams in the nation.”  -- IWU head coach Eddy Shigley
   

Extra! Extra!

• Indiana Wesleyan will play 10 opponents over 9 days during the Spring Break trip. Seven teams are ranked (five in the top-10), two are receiving votes, and one is an NCAA DII program.
  
   

Next Time Out

• Indiana Wesleyan leaves Tennessee to play a pair of Saturday matches in Georgia. The first of those comes against #RV Coastal Georgia at 9 AM in Brunswick and then at No. 4 SCAD-Savanah with a 3 PM start time in Savannah.