St. Thomas Defeats Men's Tennis

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Austin College men's tennis team battled but came up short in its Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Tournament quarterfinal match against St. Thomas, falling 5-2 to the Celts. The 'Roos end the year with an overall record of 3-10.

Team Stats

#5 Austin College

#4 University of St. Thomas

Score

Doubles

Brett O'Brien / Preston Spivey def. Juanrodrigo Lopez / Jace Ware 8-7 (7-3)
Race Haas / Tyler Head def. Calum Robe / Tate Nelson 8-2
Dorian Cudina / Carson Steele def. Matthew Cochran / William Dixon 8-1

Singles

Juanrodrigo Lopez def. Brett O'Brien 6-1 , 6-2
Race Haas def. Preston Spivey FINAL - UNFINISHED
Tyler Head def. Calum Robe FINAL - UNFINISHED
Dorian Cudina def. Tate Nelson 6-1 , 7-6 (7-5)
Jace Ware def. Joseph Carillo 6-3 , 6-0
Matthew Cochran def. Carson Steele 6-0 , 6-0

April 30, 2021

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The Austin College men's tennis team battled but came up short in its Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship Tournament quarterfinal match against St. Thomas, falling 5-2 to the Celts. The 'Roos end the year with an overall record of 3-10.

Brett O'Brien and Preston Spivey got Austin College on the board at number one doubles, winning 8-7 with a 7-3 tiebreak, while Calum Robe and Tate Nelson fell 8-2 on line two and Matthew Cochran and William Dixon dropped an 8-1 decision on line three.

O'Brien was defeated 1-6, 2-6 at line one in doubles action, and Nelson fell 1-6, 6-7 with a 5-7 tiebreak at line four. Joseph Carrillo fell in a 3-6, 0-6 line five decision, while Cochran earned Austin College a point with a 6-0, 6-0 win at number six singles. Spivey's line two match went unfinished with scores of 6-2, 3-5 at the time of the match's conclusion, while Robe was 2-6, 6-4 in another unfinished match at line three singles.