(Story taken from the Trinity University website)
OBERLIN, Ohio - The Trinity University Tigers
doubles team of juniors Bobby Cocanougher and Cory Kowal will
compete in the NCAA Division III Men’s Tennis Championships
doubles semifinals for the second straight year.
Cocanougher, from Southlake, Texas (Carroll); and Kowal, from Austin, Texas (Anderson); rallied to beat the third-seeded team of Isaac Stein and Max Woods of Washington-St. Louis 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 Saturday in the quarterfinals at Oberlin College.
The Tiger tandem will take on top seeds Andrew Lee and Andrew Thompson of Middlebury Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern Time. The championship match will be scheduled for later in the day.
After losing the first set 3-6, the two Trinity players were down 2-4 and a service break in the second set. But Cocanougher and Kowal won four straight games to even the match at one set apiece. They handily won the third set and repeated their semifinal accomplishment.
California Lutheran’s Nick Ballou and Andrew Giuffrida
play Brian Pybas and Marc Vartabedian of California-Santa Cruz in
the other semifinal.
Trinity’s men’s team is guided by first-year head coach
Russell McMindes. The Tigers (18-10) won the SCAC Championship, the
NCAA West regional, and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals.
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