Mobile, Alabama – Trinity University Tigers junior Katy Poettcker of Colleyville, Texas (Heritage), lost in the singles consolation semifinals Friday at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Small College Championships.

Lia Weiner of Rochester beat Poettcker 6-2, 6-2 at Copeland-Cox Tennis Center.

Poettcker will play for seventh place at 11 a.m. Saturday against top seed Lorne McManigle of Emory.

Qualifiers for the national tournament are ITA regional singles and doubles champions. Poettcker won the Southwest Region singles title, beating first-year teammate Thavindra Ekanayake, at Trinity earlier this month. The Tiger tandem captured the regional doubles crown, and were eliminated in Wednesday’s National Small College play-in round.

Qualifiers for the national tournament are ITA regional singles and doubles champions. Poettcker won the Southwest Region singles title, beating Ekanayake, at Trinity earlier this month. The Tiger tandem captured the regional doubles crown. DelaFuente was the men’s regional singles champion, taking the honor in late September at Richardson, Texas.