GREENCASTLE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman women's tennis team started their 2025-26 season by traveling individuals to compete in the DePauw Invitational this past weekend. 

The Fightin' Engineers finished the weekend with seven top-five finishes across both singles and doubles draws. 

Emerson Donaldson led the team with a second-place finish at No. 2 singles. The team had four more top-five finishes in singles competition, including Nova Gladden at No. 6 singles (third place), Julia Burt at No. 7 singles (third place), Paige Mills at No. 5 singles (fourth place), and Julia Burt at No. 7 singles (third place).

The team added two more top-five finishes in doubles competition, with Mills and Addie Patterson teaming up at No. 2 doubles and Gladden and Kaitlyn Pfund partnering up at No. 3 doubles for two fifth-place finishes. 

The Rose-Hulman women's tennis team will return to action, traveling to compete in the ITA Regionals in St. Louis, Missouri, from Thursday, September 18, to Sunday, September 21.