San Antonio - The Tiger men's tennis team opened its Trinity Invitational by taking on players from the NCAA Divisions I and II in singles and doubles on Friday.

HIGHLIGHTS

Wilson Hamilton defeated Gabriel Zuniga of St. Edward's (TX) University 6-1, 6-1 in Friday's opening round of Flight 2 Singles and advanced to Saturday's Semifinals.

Christian Settles outfought Zac Robinson of St. Edward's 7-5, 6-1 in Flight 5 Singles and moved on to the semis.

Hamilton and Settles will play Saturday at 9:00 a.m. in their respective Singles Semifinals matches.

Hamilton and Artur Zigman earned a slot in Saturday's Flight 2 Doubles Championship with an 8-3 victory over Brendan Brown and Daniel Gill of St. Mary's (TX) University. The title match is set for 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Cameron Krimbill and Jordan Pitts came up short in Flight 1 Singles, and Jace Akagi-Okuma lost in his opener of Flight 2 Singles, as did Zigman and Cal Hunter in Flight 3.

Lars Wiik and Brett Finan fell in Flight 4 Singles, and all will compete in the consolation draws.

Pitts and Krimbill were edged 8-7 (6) by Sriniketh and Wikso of St. Edward's in Flight 1 Doubles Semifinals and will play for third place. 

In addition to Trinity, St. Mary's, and St. Edward's, the University of the Incarnate Word (TX) is competing in the tournament.

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The tournament concludes Saturday with two rounds of singles and another round of doubles.