GEORGETOWN, Texas – The eighth-ranked Tiger men's tennis team opened up the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Tournament with a 6-0 win over Austin College on Friday morning.

Trinity improved to 14-6 this season and will advance to the SCAC Tournament Semifinals, while Austin College is eliminated and its season ends with a 1-15 record.

The Tigers jumped in front quickly as Hao Nguyen (Sugar Land, Texas / Strake Jesuit) and Eric Liao (Taipei, Taiwan / Boca Prep (Fla.)) scored an 8-0 doubles win at line one to start things off. Rob Chang (Aiea, Hawaii / 'Iolani School) and Dalton Locke (Humble, Texas / Kingwood) won 8-1 at line three, just ahead of Alessio Azzalini (Rome, Italy / Istituto Paritario G. Visconti) and Rafa Candelas Ruiz (Zacatecas, Mexico / American School (Spain)) with an 8-2 win at line two to complete the doubles sweep.

Chang opened singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win at line six to make it a 4-0 match, then Candelas Ruiz clinched the match at line five with another 6-0, 6-0 result. Connor Whittington (Lake Oswego, Ore. / Lake Oswego) had already begun his final point when the match was clinched, but he still completed a 6-0, 6-1 win at line four to finish off the 6-0 team victory.

Trinity advances to the semifinals on Saturday, facing off against Colorado College at 9:00 a.m. The CC Tigers defeated Texas Lutheran 6-0 in yesterday's action at the SCAC Tournament. Trinity and Colorado College will meet in SCAC Tournament play for the first time since 2016, which was a 5-0 win for Trinity. The two Tiger teams have met nine times since the 2010 season, with Trinity winning each meeting. This will be the fourth time the teams have met up in the SCAC Tournament during that time period.