LONGVIEW, Texas - Squaring off against American Southwest Conference foe Texas-Dallas in non-conference competition, the LeTourneau University women's tennis team would fall by a final score of 9-0 at the Davis Tennis Courts in Longview, Texas on Sunday, February 17th. 

LETU falls to 0-1 with the defeat while the Comets improved to 2-0 on the early season. 

UTD would end up taking all three doubles matches by a score of 8-0 as Katharine Waldthausen and Maddison Brackenreg fell at number one doubles and Gracie Favela and Terin Murray fell at number two doubles. Pairing up at number three doubles would be Lauren Rockwell and Samantha Trevino as they would also end up falling in their first match of the year. 

Singles action proved to be competitive as the YellowJackets would force the Comets into long rallies but ultimately could not prevail as Hannah Moore would drop a 6-0, 6-0 decision at number six singles and Rockwell a 6-0, 6-1 decision at number five doubles. Both Favela and Murray would fall by scores of 6-1, 6-0 at number three and number four singles, with Brackenreg going down by a score of 6-1, 6-1 and Waldthausen dropping a 6-4, 6-2 decision at number one singles. 

LeTourneau will now be on the road for their next eight matches of the season, beginning on Saturday, February 23rd with a pair of neutral-site matches in Shreveport, LA. The road swing begins with a 9 a.m. match against Millsaps College and will continue with a 1:30 p.m. clash with Austin College later in the afternoon on the campus of Centenary College.