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.

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.