| St. Peter, Minnesota –
Trinity's men's tennis team opened play at the ITA Indoor National
Championships with a 7-2 loss to UC-Santa Cruz on Friday at Gustavus
Adolphus College. Trinity (3-2) won one
match in both singles and doubles on the day. Top doubles team
Oliver Gaines and Ryan DeSantis won 8-5, while David Tran won in
straight sets (6-4, 6-3) at No. 4 singles.
The Tigers did take three other singles matches to
a third set, losing narrowly in each one. Tran's win pushed his
season record to 5-0 in singles.
Trinity will face Mary Washington College in the
Consolation Semifinals tomorrow morning, with the winner advancing to
the 5th place match tomorrow night. |