NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY - No. 14 Tiger Men's Tennis finishes 8th in the ITA DIII Indoor Championships.
 
The Tigers (2-5) were matched up against tough competition all weekend. Trinity dropped their match to No. 12 Gustavus Adolphus 1-6 and fell 0-4 to No. 10 Sewanee. Trinity picked up three wins in doubles matches but failed to secure a victory in singles competition. 
 
The duo of Ethan Flores (Houston, Texas / Clear Lake) and Conor Kaczmarczyk (Aurora, Colorado / Regis Jesuit) went 2-0 in #3 doubles, winning 6-4 against Gustavus and 6-3 in the Sewanee match. Aashish Dhanani (Austin, Texas / Westwood) and Eric Liao (Taipei, Taiwan / Boca Prep (Florida)) defeated the #1 doubles team of Gustavus 6-4 but fell to Sewanee's team 3-6. To round off the doubles competition, Rob Chang (Aiea, Hawaii / 'Iolani School) and Dalton Locke (Humble, Texas / Kingwood) dropped both their matches by a score of 3-6. 
 
In singles, Jared Perry (Tucson, Arizona / Catalina Foothills) fell 6-1, 3-6, and 4-6 to Gustavus and 4-6 and 2-6 to Sewanee in his #1 singles matches. Rafa Candelas (Zacatexas, Mexico / American School (Spain)) lost both matches two sets to none for the #2 singles. Although he won the first set 6-4, Chang lost his #3 singles match in three sets. Connor Whittington (Lake Oswego, Oregon / Lake Oswego) fell 4-6 and 1-6 in his #4 singles match. Liao dropped his #5 singles match in three sets. To round out the match against Gustavus, Kaczmarczyk lost 3-6 and 4-6. In the #5 singles against Sewanee, Ethan Ruppanner (Amarillo, Texas / Tascosa) dropped both of his sets by a score of 0-6 and 3-6. The #3, 4, and 6 singles matches against Sewanee went unfinished. 
 
Up Next
 
The Tigers are back at home on March 1st to play against St. John's University and then stay in SA to play against Carnegie Mellon on March 5th.