SHERMAN, Texas -- The third-seed Colorado College opened play at the Southern College Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Championship with a 5-0 quarterfinal victory over the sixth-seed University of St. Thomas Friday evening on the Jordan Family Courts at the Russell Tennis Center on the campus of Austin College. Official Website l Postmatch Interview | Photo Album
Colorado College upped its record to 7-12 and will take on second-seeded Southwestern University, Saturday night on the indoor courst at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex at SMU in the semifinals. Texas Lutheran finishes the 2024 campaign with a 8-8 record.
CC opened Friday's quarterfinal by sweeping all three doubles matches, highlighted by Aiden Little and Andrew Kaelin at the top doubles line and Nate Beerman and Nick Anderson at No. 2 doubles earning 8-2 wins respectively.
Anderson made it 4-0 CC when he won his No. 6 singles match, 6-2, 6-3, over the Celts' Hunter-Kemball Cook, and Little clinched the match for the Tigers with a 6-1, 6-2 decision over Pooya Tork. It marks the second-staright year Little has punched the Tigers' ticket into the semfinals, having clinched last year's quarterfinal match against TLU.
COLORADO COLLEGE 5, TEXAS LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY 0
April 26, 2024 at Sherman, Texas (Russell Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Andrew Kaelin (COLO) vs. Zhanlue Kuang (UST) 6-1, 2-0, unfinished |
| 2. Lucas Pastor (COLO) vs. Jamie O'Shea (UST) 6-2, 2-1, unfinished |
| 3. Aiden Little (COLO) def. Pooya Tork (UST) 6-1, 6-2 |
| 4. Jack Delafield (COLO) def. Dorian Cudina (UST) 6-1, 2-2, unfinished |
| 5. Dominik Kaminski (COLO) vs. Hunter-Kemball Cook (UST) 6-2, 5-1, unfinished |
| 6. Nick Anderson (COLO) def. Ruben Reyes (UST) 6-2, 6-3 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Andrew Kaelin/Aiden Little (COLO) def. Pooya Tork/Jamie O'Shea (UST) 8-2 |
| 2. Nate Beerman/Nick Anderson (COLO) def. Zhanlue Kuang/Dorian Cudina (UST) 8-2 |
| 3. Justin Boder/Dominik Kaminski (COLO) def. Hunter-Kemball Cook/Jeremiah Hoover (UST) 8-7 (7-2) |
| Match Notes |
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Colorado College advances to face second-seeded Southwestern in Saturday's semifinal round. It will mark the sixth time in SCAC Tournament history the two teams have squared off. Colroado College holds a 3-2 advantage, however Southwestern has won the previous two matches. This marks CC's third consecutive trip to the semifinals on the men's side.