KERRVILLE, Texas - Southwestern University and Trinity University have each earned their spot in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men's tennis championship Sunday. Championship Website | Photo Gallery
In the first match, the Texas Lutheran University men defeated Centenary College 7-0. The Bulldogs swept doubles to take a 3-0 lead, then followed it up with a four quick wins in singles to end the match.
Texas Lutheran University 7, Centenary College 0
Doubles competition
1. Thompson/Nelson (TLU) def. Stafford/Ferrell (CENT) 8-1
2. Beckenbach/Dunmore (TLU) def. Kershaw/Harrell (CENT) 8-1
3. Beene/Balderas (TLU) def. Nguyen/Matthews (CENT) 8-1
Singles competition
1. Beene (TLU) def. Lyons (CENT) 6-1, 6-1
2. Thompson (TLU) def. Nguyen (CENT) 6-0, 6-0
3. Beckenbach (TLU) def. Harrell (CENT) 6-0, 6-0
4. Nelson (TLU) def. Ferrell (CENT) 6-0, 6-0
5. Roccaforte (TLU) vs. Kershaw (CENT) - No contest
6. Balderas (TLU) vs. Matthews (CENT) - No contest
In the second match, Trinity battled Colorado College, earning a 5-0 win. The Tigers came into singles play with 3-0 lead, and continued their dominance. Paxton Deuel took the top singles spot, 6-0, 6-0, before Matt Tyer clinched the match in the No. 4 spot with a 6-1, 6-1 victory. To watch a post-match interview with Trinity head coach Russell McMindes and Paxton Deuel, click here.
Trinity University 5, Colorado College 0
Doubles competition
1. Deuel/Tyer (TU) def. Gutierrez/Holland (COLO) 8-3
2. Mayer/Niess (TU) def. Delehanty/Chen (COLO) 8-3
3. Guin/Lambeth (TU) def. Kitchen/Benham (COLO) 8-2
Singles competition
1. Deuel (TU) def. Gutierrez (COLO) 6-0, 6-0
2. Mayer (TU) vs. Holland (COLO) 6-4, 3-2 (unfinished)
3. Lambeth (TU) vs. Delehanty (COLO) 6-3, 4-2 (unfinished)
4. Tyer (TU) def. Chen (COLO) 6-1, 6-1
5. Niess (TU) vs. Benham (COLO) 1-0 (unfinished)
6. Guin (TU) vs. Shaw (COLO) - Did not play
In the final match of the day, Southwestern and Schreiner battled for the second spot in the championship match Sunday. Southwestern took a 2-1 lead into singles with wins at Nos. 1 and 3 by the duos of Snovely/Gideon and Khansari/Farmen, respectively. Schreiner evened it up in singles action, with Josh Newman taking the No. 3 match. Southwestern closed it out with wins at Nos. 1, 2 and 6. To watch a post-match interview with Southwestern head coach Billy Porter and Neik Khansari, click here.
Southwestern 6, Schreiner 1
Doubles competition
1. Gideon/Snovely (SU) def. Pena/Hancock (SCH) 8-5
2. Vasquez/Newman (SCH) def. Ellis/McCready (SU) 8-5
3. Khansari/Farmen (SU) def. New/Albright (SCH) 8-4
Singles competition
1. Snovely (SU) def. Pena (SCH) 6-1, 6-2
2. Farmen (SU) def. Le (SCH) 6-0, 6-3
3. Newman (SCH) def. Gideon (SU) 6-4, 6-3
4. Nakayama (SU) vs. Ramirez (SCH) 0-6, 6-4, 5-4 (unfinished)
5. Fernandez (SU) vs. Hancock (SCH) 2-6, 1-2 (unfinished)
6. Khansari (SU) vs. Enriquez (SCH) 6-1, 6-2
To close out the night, Austin College and Texas Lutheran faced off for fifth place. It took nearly five hours, but the 'Roos were able to clinch the victory. Austin College took a 2-1 lead into singles, earning wins at the No. 1 and 2 spots. The 'Roos took three of the singles matches to close it out, with Cedric Ambulo winning at No. 1, Kenneth Hardy at No. 4 and Preston Glasscock taking the No. 5 match.
Doubles competition
1. Ambulo/Granberry (AC) def. Thompson (TLU)
2. Glasscock/Meendsen (AC) def. Beckenbach/Dunmore (TLU)
3. Beene/Balderas (TLU) def. Kubena/Oxenreiter (AC)
Singles competition
1. Ambulo (AC) def. Beene (TLU) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5
2. Thompson (TLU) def. Meendsen (AC) 6-1, 6-4
3. Beckenbach (TLU) def. Grandberry (AC) 6-3, 6-4
4. Hardy (AC) def. Nelson (TLU) 6-2, 6-1
5. Glasscock (AC) def. Roccaforte (TLU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
6. Balderas (TLU) vs. Crouch (AC) - unfinished
