The Colorado College men's tennis team opened play in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with a 9-0 loss to Southwestern University Thursday evening in Georgetown, Texas.
 
The Pirates, ranked No. 11 in the NCAA Division III West Region, took an early 3-0 lead by winning all three doubles matches by a score of 8-3.
 
In singles, Southwestern (15-5) won five of the six matches in straight sets. Senior Taylor Delehanty won the first set of the No. 3 match but fell to Grant Gideon, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(3). Junior Jason Gutierrez also played a solid match at the top spot before losing to Nickoloz Snovely, 6-4, 7-5.
 
The Tigers (6-14) battle Schreiner University on Friday, April 15 in Kerrville, Texas.
 
 
Southwestern 9, Colorado College 0
April 14, 2016
Georgetown, Texas

Doubles
1. Grant Gideon / Nickoloz Snovely (SU) def. Jason Gutierrez / Daniel Holland, 8-3
2. Sam McCready / Will Ellis (SU) def. Brian Chen / Taylor Delehanty, 8-3
3. Nick Farmen / Rod Khansari (SU) def. Jack Benham / Christian Kitchen, 8-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2

Singles
1. Nickoloz Snovely (SU) def. Jason Gutierrez, 6-4, 7-5
2. Nick Farmen (SU) def. Daniel Holland, 7-5, 6-0
3. Grant Gideon (SU) def. Taylor Delehanty, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(3)
4. Haluki Nakayama (SU) def. Brian Chen, 6-2, 6-0
5. Alonso Fernandez (SU) def. Jack Benham, 6-1, 6-2
6. Neik Khansari (SU) def. Casey Shaw, 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5