The Colorado College men's tennis team dropped a 5-0 decision to top-seeded Trinity University Saturday in the semifinals of the 2016 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships in Kerrville, Texas. The Tigers, seeded fifth, will face No. 3-seed Schreiner in the third-place match on Sunday at 1 p.m. (CT).
 
Trinity jumped out to an early 3-0 by sweeping all three doubles matches. Junior Jason Gutierrez and freshman Daniel Holland fell at the No. 1 position, 8-3, to Paxton Deuel and Matt Tyer, while senior Taylor Delehanty and sophomore Brian Chen lost by the same score to Chas Mayer and Clayton Niess at the No. 2 spot. Junior Jack Benham and freshman Christian Kitchen lost to Eliot Guin and Wilson Lambeth, 8-2, at No. 3.  
 
In singles, Trinity won the Nos, 1 and 4 matches in straight sets to clinch the team match. Deuel downed Gutierrez, 6-0, 6-0, at the top spot, then Tyer defeated Chen, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 4. Three other singles matches were then pulled off and the No. 6 match did not start.
 
Trinity and Southwestern will play in the finals on Sunday.
 
 
(1) Trinity 5, (5) Colorado College 0
April 23, 2016
Kerrville, Texas
Semifinal – SCAC Tournament

Doubles
1. Paxton Deuel / Matt Tyer (TU) def. Jason Gutierrez / Daniel Holland, 8-3
2. Chas Mayer / Clayton Niess (TU) def. Brian Chen / Taylor Delehanty, 8-3
3. Eliot Guin / Wilson Lambeth (TU) def. Jack Benham / Christian Kitchen, 8-2

Singles
1. Paxton Deuel (TU) def. Jason Gutierrez, 6-0, 6-0
2. Chas Mayer (TU) vs. Daniel Holland, 6-4, 3-2, DNF
3. Wilson Lambeth (TU) vs. Taylor Delehanty, 6-3, 4-2, DNF
4. Matt Tyer (TU) def. Brian Chen, 6-1, 6-1
5. Clayton Niess (TU) vs. Jack Benham, 1-0, DNF
6. Eliot Guin (TU) vs. Casey Shaw, DNF