Trinity Tops Schreiner 5-0; Heads to 28th Consecutive Championship Match

Trinity Tops Schreiner 5-0; Heads to 28th Consecutive Championship Match

DENISON, Texas – The top-seeded Trinity Tigers picked up a 5-0 decision over the Schreiner Mountaineers in Saturday's semifinal to advance the SCAC Championship Match for the 28th consecutive season. Official Website l Bracket l Postmatch Interview

The Tigers swept doubles competition 3-0 and earned victories at lines one and two in singles competition to clinch the match. 

TRINITY 5, SCHREINER 0
April 20, 2019 at Sherman, Texas (Russell Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Wilson Lambeth (TU) def. Luis Cabreja (SCH) 6-1, 6-1
2. Jordan Pitts (TU) def. Joshua Newman (SCH) 6-0, 6-2
3. Cameron Krimbill (TU) vs. Matthew Jimenez (SCH) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished
4. Wilson Hamilton (TU) vs. Andrew Albright (SCH) 6-2, 3-3, unfinished
5. Mario Gallinar (SCH) vs. Jace Akagi-Okuma (TU) no result
6. Austin Cervantes (SCH) vs. Tilden Oliver (TU) no result
Doubles competition
1. Wilson Lambeth/Jordan Pitts (TU) def. Luis Cabreja/Andrew Albright (SCH) 8-0
2. Cameron Krimbill/Artur Zigman (TU) def. Matthew Jimenez/Joshua Newman (SCH) 8-2
3. Wilson Hamilton/Christian Settles (TU) def. Juan Ortiz/Jack Johns (SCH) 8-1
Match Notes
Schreiner 6-10
Trinity (Tex.) 14-9


UP NEXT

Trinity makes its 28th consecutive finals appearance, having won the last nine SCAC championships. The Title match will take place Sunday at 8 a.m. at the Russell Tennis Center on the Campus of Austin College where the Tigers will face Southwestern for the fifth year in a row. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers will take on Austin College in the third-place match tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. at the Smith Tennis Center in Denison, Texas. Sunday will mark the fourth time Schreiner and Austin College have met in the SCAC Tournament with the Mountaineers holding a 2-1 edge but the 'Roos winning the most recent matchup in the 2017 third-place match.