Men's Tennis

March 21, 2009

Trinity Blanks Mary Hardin-Baylor

Trinity, ranked No. 3 in the West Region, improved its record to 6-7. The Tigers did not drop a set in the dual match.

Sophomores Bobby Cocanougher and Cory Kowal, ranked No. 3 regionally, won No. 1 doubles with an 8-2 victory over Daniel White and Joshua Pownall. Sophomore Don Murray and first-year Ben Carroll, ranked No. 13 in the West Region, took out Ramon Aguirre and Alex Graham 8-1 at No. 2 doubles. Sophomore Andrew Hoing and first-year Max Frey won No. 3 doubles, by beating Lane Vaandrager and Casey Wharton 8-4.

Frey, the No. 2 ranked player in the region, won the top singles slot with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Aguirre. Cocanougher, ranked  14^th, defeated Garrett Pekar 6-2, 6-4 at No. 2 singles. No. 3 singles went to first-year John Runge, a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Pownall. Kowal captured No. 4 singles with a 6-2, 6-0 win over White, and Hoing earned a 6-3, 6-0 nod over Graham at No. 5. Senior Crisanto Ramirez was the No. 6 winner, taking a 6-2, 6-0 match over Wharton.

Trinity travels to Sherman, Texas, for a SCAC match Friday with Colorado College at Austin College. Next Saturday, the Tigers continue their SCAC schedule in Sherman with two matches, against Southwestern and the host Austin College.