Mobile, Alabama - Trinity University Tigers
junior Katy Poettcker of Colleyville, Texas (Heritage), lost in the
singles consolation semifinals Friday at the Intercollegiate Tennis
Association National Small College Championships.
Lia Weiner of Rochester beat Poettcker 6-2, 6-2 at Copeland-Cox
Tennis Center.
Poettcker will play for seventh place at 11 a.m. Saturday
against top seed Lorne McManigle of Emory.
Qualifiers for the national tournament are ITA regional singles
and doubles champions. Poettcker won the Southwest Region singles
title, beating first-year teammate Thavindra Ekanayake, at Trinity
earlier this month. The Tiger tandem captured the regional doubles
crown, and were eliminated in Wednesday's National Small College
play-in round.
Qualifiers for the national tournament are ITA regional singles
and doubles champions. Poettcker won the Southwest Region singles
title, beating Ekanayake, at Trinity earlier this month. The Tiger
tandem captured the regional doubles crown. DelaFuente was the
men's regional singles champion, taking the honor in late September
at Richardson, Texas.