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Tigers split sweeps in Texas

The Colorado College men's tennis team split a pair of sweeps on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. The Tigers were perfect against Austin College with a 9-0 victory in the morning, but fell in the afternoon as No. 11 Trinity University swept CC, 9-0.
 
The Tigers began the day in doubles play where they swept all three matches against Austin.
 
Nate Burt and Lionel Zen-Ruffinen earned an 8-4 victory over Tarun Palapati and James Taylor at the No. 1 singles position. Zach White and Robert Kasemodel also earned an 8-4 win at the No. 3 doubles position over Jack Kunde and Spencer Gander.
 
Will Lindsay and Jack Burger finished the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win over Tyler Roush and Sanyal Patel at the No. 2 doubles position.
 
Lindsay and Kasemodel led CC against Austin during singles play dropping only one point in each match.
 
Lindsay beat James Taylor, 6-0, 6-1 at the No. 2 singles position, while Kasemodel beat Spencer Gander, 6-1, 6-0. With the win, Kasemodel improved to 10-1 on the season in singles play and rides an eight-game winning streak and improved to a perfect 5-0 on the season at No. 4 singles.
 
Burt earned a 6-3, 6-4 victory at the No. 1 singles position, while Zen-Ruffinen beat Palapati 6-2, 7-5 at the No. 3 singles position.
 
The Tigers finished the sweep with victories at the No. 5 and No. 6 singles position. Burger beat Kunde 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5 singles, while White won over Patel 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
 
During the afternoon's competition, CC was unable to come up with victories over Trinity, dropping all nine matches.
 
Colorado College moved to 6-8 on the season and continues play in San Antonio to take on Southwestern University on Sunday at 10 a.m.
 

Results
 
Doubles Competition
1. CC – Nate Burt/Lionel Zen-Ruffinen def. Tarun Palapati/James Taylor 8-4
2. CC – Will Lindsay/Jack Burger def. Tyler Roush/Sanyal Patel 8-5
3. CC – Zach White/Robert Kasemodel def. Jack Kunde/Spencer Gander 8-4
 
Singles Competition
1. CC – Nate Burt def. Tyler Roush 6-3, 6-4
2. CC – Will Lindsay def. James Taylor 6-0, 6-1
3. CC – Lionel Zen-Ruffinen def. Tarun Palapati 6-2, 7-5
4. CC – Robert Kasemodel def. Spencer Gander 6-1, 6-0
5. CC – Jack Burger def. Jack Kunde 6-2, 6-2
6. CC – Zach White def. Sanyal Patel 6-2, 6-1
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