| St. Peter, Minnesota –
Trinity's men's tennis team edged DePauw University 5-4 to take fifth
place at the ITA Indoor National Championships on Saturday night at
Gustavus Adolphus College. Trinity (4-3)
took two out of three doubles matches to start things off, but DePauw
grabbed victories at No. 1 and No. 2 singles to take a 3-2 lead.
Trinity answered with a win at No. 3 singles by
James Furr to tie the match, but DePauw regained the lead with another
singles win.
Crisanto Ramirez then scored a win at No.6 singles
for Trinity to make it 4-4 overall, followed by a thrilling three-set
win by David Tran at No. 4 singles to take the team victory. Tran
remains unbeaten in singles this season, including three straight wins
this weekend.
The Tigers return home next weekend to take on
UT-Tyler and Schreiner in a pair of matches on Saturday. |