KERRVILLE, Texas -- The third-seed Colorado College opened play at the Southern College Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Championship with a 5-0 quarterfinal victory over the sixth-seed Austin College Friday afternoon at the H-E-B Municipal Tennis Center in Kerrville, Texas. Official Website l Postmatch Interview | Photo Album
Colorado College upped its record to 12-9 and will face second-seeded Southwestern University at 2 pm Saturday afternoon in the semifinals. Austin College finishes the 2022 campaign with a 1-13 record.
CC opened Friday's quarterfinal by sweeping all three doubles matches, cruising to victories at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles by 8-1 and 8-0 margins, respectively. The No. 1 pairing of Andrew Kaelin and Jack Delafield completed the sweep with a hard-fought 8-7 (8-6) over Austin College's Luke Henley and Tate Nelson.
Aiden Little made it 4-0 CC when he won his No. 1 singles match, 6-0, 6-0, over the 'Roos' Henley, and Lucas Pastor clinched the match for the Tigers with a 6-1, 6-0 decision over William Dixon.
COLORADO COLLEGE 5, AUSTIN COLLEGE 0
April 29, 2022 at Kerrville, Texas (HEB Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Aiden Little (COLO) def. Luke Henley (AC) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 2. Tate Nelson (AC) vs. Andrew Kaelin (COLO) no result |
| 3. Trey Salyer (AC) vs. Jack Delafield (COLO) no result |
| 4. Lucas Pastor (COLO) def. William Dixon (AC) 6-1, 6-0 |
| 5. Yudai Abe (AC) vs. Nate Beerman (COLO) no result |
| 6. AJ Wueste (AC) vs. Alex Kley (COLO) no result |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Andrew Kaelin/Jack Delafield (COLO) def. Luke Henley/Tate Nelson (AC) 8-7 (8-6) |
| 2. Lucas Pastor/Alex Kley (COLO) def. Trey Salyer/William Dixon (AC) 8-1 |
| 3. Nate Beerman/Jacob Adas (COLO) def. Yudai Abe/AJ Wueste (AC) 8-0 |
| Match notes |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,4) |
| T-1:00 A-316 |
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Colorado College advances to face second-seeded Southwestern University in the semifinals, currently scheduled for Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at H-E-B Municipal Tennis Center. This is CC's first trip to the semifinals on the men's side since 2018, where they also faced Southwestern. Southwestern won that match in 2018 but CC holds an all-time 3-1 edge against the Pirates in SCAC tournament play.
