SAN ANTONIO – No. 11 Trinity University Men's Tennis came out of the gates strong in Friday's match, winning 8-1 against No. 20 Colby College (ME).
The Tigers (8-4) swept all three doubles lines to go up 3-0 in the first session. Senior
Hao Nguyen (Sugar Land, Texas / Strake Jesuit) and sophomore
Eric Liao (Taipei, Taiwan / Boca Prep [FL]) posted a dominant 8-2 victory over the Northeast's tenth ranked doubles pairing from line one.
An 8-5 mark from line-two juniors
Rob Chang (Aeia, Hawaii / 'Iolani School) and
Dalton Locke (Humble, Texas / Kingwood) clinched the doubles lead while senior
Cal Hunter (Lafayette, Calif. / Campolindo) and first-year
Conor Kaczmarczyk (Aurora, Colo. / Regis Jesuit) finished off the doubles sweep with an 8-5 tally of their own.
The points kept coming for Trinity in singles as the match was clinched at 5-0 by senior
Cameron Goldstein (Dallas, Texas / Episcopal) in line six. First-year
Rafa Candelas Ruiz (Zacatecas, Mexico / American [ESP]) posted the first singles win with a quick 6-0, 6-4 mark from line three.
Sophomore
Connor Whittington (Lake Oswego, Ore. / Lake Oswego) was the first of three Tigers to play a superbreaker today, winning his line-two match with a final set score of 10-7. Locke was barely edged out in a first-set 7-3 breaker in his line-five matchup, but came back strong to win his superbreaker with another score of 10-7.
Nguyen rounded out the singles wins for Trinity today with his 7-5, 6-3 win from line one.
No. 11 Trinity Men's Tennis will return to the
Butch Newman Tennis Courts on Sunday for yet another ranked matchup against No. 37 Pacific University (OR).
