#9 Ephs fall at #8 Trinity (TX), 6-3

SAN ANTONIO, TX – A five-match Williams win streak and a 9-match Trinity (TX) win streak collided today at Trinity University's Delvan Tennis Stadium and the host Tigers defeated the Ephs 6-3.

Trinity jumped out to a 3-0 lead by sweeping doubles play and then followed that up with three wins in singles play. The three Eph wins were came from Gary Simonette (3), Jeremy Weinberger (4), and Rick Devlin (6).

"It was a disappointing loss as we put ourselves behind the eight ball by losing all three doubles matches," said Eph rookie head coach Dave Donn. "It's still early in our season so we'll take what we did wrong and see what we need to improve on over the rest of the season."

With the loss the 9th-ranked Ephs are now 5-1 on the year, while 8th-ranked Trinity extended its win streak to 10 and upped its season ledger to 11-3.

Things do not get any easier for the Ephs tomorrow when they will square off against Washington Univ. (MO) ranked third at noon CST.

#8 Trinity (TX) 6, #9 Williams 3

Doubles:
1.    Oliver Gaines/Ryan DeSantis (T) def. Bret Thacher/Dan Greenberg (W) – 8-1
2.    James Furr/David Tran (T) def. Gary Simonette/Nick Lebedoff (W) – 8-5
3.    Bobby Cocanaugher/Cory Kowal (T) def. Karol Furmaga/Rick Devlin (W) – 8-6

Singles:
1.    Gaines (T) def. Greenberg (W) – 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
2.    Furr (T) def. Nick Lebedoff (W) – 6-3, 6-3
3.    Simonette (W) def. Tran (T) – 6-2, 6-3
4.    Jeremy Weinberger (W) def. Varun Munjal (T) – 6-2, 6-2
5.    Cocanaugher (T) def. Furmaga (W) – 6-4, 6-3
6.    Devlin (W) def. Crisanto Ramierz (T)