Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw opened the spring portion of its schedule with a 6-1 win over visiting Rose-Hulman. The Tigers improved to 1-1 on the year, while the Fightin' Engineers dropped to 0-2.

The Tigers earned the doubles point after winning all three matches. Valerie Doherty and Briah O'Neal topped Addie Patterson and Emerson Donaldson at the first slot by a 7-6 (9-7) score, while the second tandem of Katie King and Elle Loch were 6-3 winners over Camille Clark and Autumn Korey. Allie Stamm and Ayden Zinkovich defeated Kaitlyn Pfund and Nova Gladden by an 6-2 score at the third spot.

In singles play, Stamm defeated Gladden 6-1, 6-0 at the fifth spot before O'Neal topped Patterson at number four 6-0, 6-1. 3. Doherty clinched the Tigers' win with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Korey at third singles. King then defeated Donaldson by a 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6) score at number-one singles with Loch taking a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Clark at the second spot. Rose-Hulman's point came at sixth singles where Julia Burt was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Ava Lehmkuhler.

DePauw returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 8 when it hosts second-ranked Chicago at 9 a.m. and Kalamazoo at 2 p.m.