Senior Jack Burger captured Colorado College's lone victory on Thursday as the CC men's tennis team fell to Southwestern University, 8-1, Thursday in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference opener for both teams.
 
Burger improved to 9-5 and snapped a four-match losing streak at the No. 2 singles spot with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Ayinde Hall. Junior Taylor Delehanty extended SU's Grant Gideon to three sets at the No. 4 position before falling, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. The Pirates won the other four singles matches in straight sets.
 
Southwestern jumped out to an early 3-0 lead by sweeping the doubles matches. Burger and sophomore Jason Gutierrez fell 8-6 at the top spot, while Delehanty and freshman Jake Peterson dropped a 9-7 decision at No. 2.
 
"Our guys played a much improved Southwestern team, which lived up to its No. 15 regional ranking," CC head coach Anthony Weber said. "Jason played a tremendous match at No. 1 and Burger fought off cramps to out-work another opponent. Taylor is playing some of the best tennis of his career."
 
The Tigers (3-11, 0-1 SCAC) battle Trinity University on Friday, April 17 in Georgetown. The match is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. (CT)  
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
Southwestern (Tex.) 8, Colorado College 1
April 16, 2015
Georgetown, Texas
 
Doubles
1. Nickoloz Snovely / Grant Gideon (SU) def. Jack Burger / Jason Gutierrez, 8-6
2. William Ellis / Rod Khansari (SU) def. Jake Peterson / Taylor Delehanty, 9-7
3. Oliver Farmen / Sam McCready (SU) def. Jack Benham / Ross Sherman, 8-3
 
Singles
1. Nickoloz Snovely (SU) def. Jason Gutierrez, 7-5, 6-4
2. Jack Burger (CC) def. Ayinde Hall, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3
3. Oliver Farmen (SU) def. Casey Shaw, 6-4, 6-2
4. Grant Gideon (SU) def. Taylor Delehanty, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3
5. Neik Khansari (SU) def. Ross Sherman, 6-3, 6-0
6. David Strong (SU) def. Jack Benham, 6-3, 6-2