San Antonio - The University of the Incarnate Word Cardinals edged the Trinity Tigers men 5-4 Saturday in an inter-divisional tennis match at Trinity's Delavan Tennis Stadium.
 
UIW, ranked 28th in the NCAA Division II, improved to 2-0. Trinity, ranked No. 10 in Division III, now stands at 0-3. The Tigers lost a 5-4 match to St. Edward's, ranked 15th in Division II, last Thursday at Austin, Texas.
 
Saturday's dual match came down to No. 4 singles, with the score tied at 4-4. The Cardinals Brandon Davis outlasted Tiger senior Cory Kowal 7-6, 3-6, 6-3 to win the match-up.
 
Trinity started the match by winning two of three doubles.
 
Kowal and Cocanougher, last year's NCAA doubles finalists, beat UIW's Leury Arias and Chris Lawson 8-1 in the No. 1 match. Erick DelaFuente and Max Frey of Trinity took No. 2 doubles with an 8-1 victory over David Ballenger and Luke Trautmann. UIW's Carlos Olvera and Aidan Deleon won No. 3 doubles, with a tight 9-8 nod over Ben Carroll and Don Murray.
 
The Cardinals won four of six singles matches.
 
But, Frey led the Trinity charge by capturing No. 1 singles, with a three-set 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Arias. The Tigers' other victory was at No. 6 singles, with Julio Benavides defeating Trautmann 5-4, retired (injury).
 
Lawson beat Cocanougher 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2 singles. DelaFuente took Olvera, his UIW opponent, to three sets at No. 3 singles, before losing 4-6, 6-2, 6-0.
 
Ballenger was a 6-4, 6-3 winner over Trinity's Andrew Hoing at No. 5 singles.
 
Trinity will compete next Friday through Sunday, Feb. 20, at the ITA National Indoors at Fredericksburg, Va. The University of Mary Washington is the host school. The Tigers open with a match against fifth-ranked California-Santa Cruz at 9 a.m. Eastern (8 a.m. Central) on Friday.