Fredericksburg, Va. - The 10th-ranked Trinity Tigers men took fifth place Saturday at the  ITA Division III National Indoors with a 6-3 victory over host Mary Washington.
 
Trinity (2-4) won two of three doubles  and four of six singles matches. The clincher for the Tigers came at No. 2 singles, as Bobby Cocanougher beat Kaz Murata 7-5, 7-5.
 
Erick DelaFuente and Max Frey won No. 2 doubles with an 8-2 victory over Kevin Aquino and Riley Baver. Ben Carroll and Don Murray were the winners at No 3. doubles, taking out Will Apperson and Alex Blakhin 8-2. Mary Washington's Kaz Murata and Sam Wichlin beat Bobby Cocanougher and Cory Kowal 9-8 (1) in No. 1 doubles.
 
DelaFuente captured No. 3 singles, defeating Blakhin 6-1, 6-1. Greg Haugen continued his winning ways, by beating Riley Baver 6-2, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.
 
The tightly -played No. 1 singles match went to Wichlin, a 7-5, 1-6, 6-4 winner over Frey. Apperson beat Kowal 2-6, 7-6 (7), 10-8 at No. 4 singles.
 
Trinity's Julio Benavides won No. 6 singles, the last match on the court, with a 6-4, 7-6 victory over Kevin Aquino.

Earlier in the day, Trinity defeated ninth-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan 6-3 in the consolation semifinals.
 
The Tigers, who lost 6-3 to No. 5 California-Santa Cruz Friday, opened the match by winning two of three doubles. DelaFuente and Frey took out Fred Lemongo and Artisom Prostak 8-4 at No. 2 doubles. The No. 3 match went to Carroll and Murray, 8-5 winners over Kierau Bertsch and Marcello Prata.
 
Frey led the charge at No. 1 singles, as the Tigers captured four matches. The top singles match went to Frey, who defeated Rinat Khussainov 6-2, 6-2.
 
Cocanougher won No. 2 singles, beating Antii Saari 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. DelaFuente emerged as the winner of No. 3 singles, defeating Alexy Rumyantsev 3-6, 6-2, 6-4. Haugen claimed a  a 6-3, 7-6 (3) victory over Lemongo at No. 6 singles.
 
Trinity will host junior college powerhouse Tyler JC, and Division II member St. Mary's, next Saturday in two dual matches at Delavan Tennis Stadium.