Maumee, Ohio — The Aquinas women's tennis team fought an uphill battle all season with only five eligible student-athletes on the roster for the whole spring season. The Saints (3-10) couldn't overcome the hindrance on Thursday (Apr. 28) in the first round of the WHAC Tournament being hosted by Lourdes in Maumee, Ohio.

No. 3-seeded Northwestern Ohio (6-10) brushed off the short-handed Saints, 4-0, to end AQ's season. Due to lack of players, Aquinas forfeited No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles. 

The Saints best opportunity to win one of the seven matches that were played was at No. 1 doubles. Joska Volder and Sofia Gomez were up 5-2 against Neo Mafuyeka and Alizee Ripolles when the match was called off because the No. 2 doubles bout had finished in the Racers' favor. That gave UNOH the one doubles point on offer and meant the No. 1 doubles match was left unfinished.

Prior to the match, the conference office released the WHAC women's tennis yearly awards. Volder was named AQ's Champions of Character and made the All-Academic Team — junior or above in academic standing with 3.25 or better cumulative GPA and been at the school for one full year — along with her doubles partner Gomez.

The singles matches also went UNOH's way with Volder and Gomez falling (6-2, 6-0) and (6-0, 6-0), respectively. Carlota Arzabe lost her first set 6-4 and was down 3-2 in the second when her match was called off. Mimi Pacheco also dropped her first set 6-4 and was trailing 4-1 in the second when her match was declared unfinished.

No. 5 Alyssa Jack only got two sets in when her match against Mafuyeka ended early as well. Jack was down 2-0.

#3 UNOH 4, #6 Aquinas 0

Doubles
No. 1: Mafuyeka/Ripolles (UNOH) vs. Volder/Gomez (AQ) 2-5, unfinished
No. 2: Ana Cetina/Jelena Lopicic (UNOH) def. Arzabe/Pacheco (AQ) 6-2
No. 3: Abigail Beck/Veronika Kovalchuk (UNOH) def. No player/No player (AQ), by default

Singles
No.1: Cetina (UNOH) def. Volder (AQ) 6-2, 6-0
No. 2: Ripolles (UNOH) def. Gomez (AQ) 6-0, 6-0
No. 3: Lopicic (UNOH) vs. Arzabe (AQ) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
No. 4: Kovalchuk (UNOH) vs.Pacheco (AQ) 6-4, 4-1, unfinished
No. 5: Mafuyeka (UNOH) vs. Jack (AQ) 2-0, unfinished
No. 6: Beck (UNOH) def. No player (AQ), by default