(Story taken from the Trinity University website)
CLAREMONT, Calif. – The Trinity University Tigers team of sophomores Bobby Cocanougher and Cory Kowal upset the top-seeds Saturday in the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championships doubles quarterfinals.
Cocanougher, of Southlake, Texas and Kowal, of Austin,
Texas took out Mike Burdakin and John Kauss of Gustavus
Adolphus 6-3, 6-2 at Biszantz Family Tennis Center.
The Tiger duo is the first Trinity team to reach the NCAA
semifinals since 2001, when Sloan Rush and Ed Rahn advanced to the
championship match.
Cocanougher and Kowal will meet Jamie Neely and Oscar Pena of
Bowdoin, at approximately 3 p.m. Central Time (1 p.m. Pacific)
Sunday. The winner advances to the championship match at 6 p.m.
Central (4 p.m. Pacific).
In Saturday’s quarterfinals, Cocanougher and Kowal held their
serve in every game. The Tiger players broke the Gustavus team at
two crucial points in the match, at 5-3 in the first set and 5-2 in
the second.
Cocanougher and Kowal, both All-Americans, won the Intercollegiate
Tennis Association regional doubles crown last fall.