TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Rose-Hulman won two of three doubles matches Saturday and hung on for a 5-4 women's tennis win over Transylvania.

The Engineers handed the Pioneers their first Heartland Conference loss of the season. Transy is now 4-1 overall, 3-1 in HCAC play.  Rose-Hulman is 5-2, 3-1 HCAC. Franklin leads the HCAC standings with a 3-0 mark.

The teams split their six singles matches, with Transy getting wins from No. 1Kelsey Fulkerson (Lexington, Ky., Dunbar), No. 2 Stephanie Townsend (Goshen, Ky., North Oldham), and No. 3 Kaitlyn Hizny (Owensboro, Ky., Daviess Co.). Fulkerson and Townsend also won at No. 1 doubles.
Andi Mong (Chillicothe, OH, Chillicothe) lost at No. 4 singles, Victoria Haugli (London, England) at No. 5, and Caroline Tapscott (Franklin, Tenn., Franklin) at No. 6.

Transy is back in action at home on Wednesday, facing Earlham at 4 p.m.

Singles:
1. Kelsey Fulkerson (TU) def. Marie Stettler (RHIT) 6-2, 6-0
2. Stephanie Townsend (TU) def. Sage Sackett (RHIT) 6-0, 6-0
3. Kaitlyn Hizny (TU) def. Melissa Montgomery (RHIT) 6-4, 6-1
4. Colleen Stevenson (RHIT) def. Andi Mong (TU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Paige Cook (RHIT) def. Victoria Haugli (TU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Kylie McCollum (RHIT) def. Caroline Tapscott (TU) 6-2, 6-4
 
Doubles:
1. Kelsey Fulkerson/Stephanie Townsend (TU) def. Sage Sackett/Melissa Montgomery (RHIT) 8-4
2. Marie Stettler/Paige Cook (RHIT) def. Kaitlyn Hizny/Andi Mong (TU) 9-7
3. Lauren Reberger/Kylie McCollum (RHIT) def. Victoria Haugli/Samantha Voss (TU) 9-8 (10-3)