SHERMAN, Texas -- Top-seeded Trinity University opened play at the Southern College Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Championship with a 5-0 quarterfinal victory over the eighth-seed University of Dallas Thursday afternoon on the Jordan Family Courts at the Russell Tennis Center on the campus of Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Official Website l Postmatch Interview | Photo Album
Trinity improved to 14-8 and will face off against the winner of No. 4 seed Texas Lutheran and No. 5 seed Schreiner on Saturday at the indoor courts at Styslinger/Altec Tennis Complex on the campus of Southern Methodist University. University of Dallas closes the 2024 season with a 1-14 mark.
The Tigers quickly swept all three doubles points, highlighted by an 8-0 victory by Jared Perry and Ethan Flores at No. 1 doubles. TU’s Connor Whittington picked up the team’s first singles win with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Dallas’ Ben Paul. Aashish Dhanani, who earned a win at No. 3 doubles with teammate Conor Kaczmarczyk, clinched the match for the Tigers with a win at No. 5 singles, 6-0, 6-0.
Trinity's men are undefeated in quarterfinal play in the SCAC era (1992-present), having advanced to every conference semifinal by an impressive 179-2 game margin in 25 quarterfinal matches.
#7 TRINITY UNIVERSITY 5, UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS 0
April 25, 2025 at Sherman, Texas (Russell Tennis Center)
| Singles competition |
| 1. Jared Perry (TU) vs. JP Ellwanger (UD) 6-2, 2-1, unfinished |
| 2. Connor Whittington (TU) def. Benjamin Paul (UD) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 3. Rob Chang (TU) vs. Cayven Yi (UD) 6-0, 3-1, unfinished |
| 4. Ethan Flores (TU) vs. Paul Wolfe Jr. (UD) 6-0, 4-1, unfinished |
| 5. Aashish Dhanani (TU) def. Jude Lagarde (UD) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 6. Ivan Nikolovski (TU) vs. Noah Dreisbach (UD) 6-1, 5-0, unfinished |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. Jared Perry/Ethan Flores (TU) def. Cayven Yi/Benjamin Paul (UD) 8-0 |
| 2. Rob Chang/Dalton Locke (TU) def. JP Ellwanger/Noah Dreisbach (UD) 8-2 |
| 3. Aashish Dhanani/Conor Kaczmarczyk (TU) def. Jude Lagarde/Paul Wolfe Jr. (UD) 8-0 |
| Match Notes |
| Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (,2,5) |
| T-1:12 |
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Trinity will await the winner of fourth-seeded Texas Lutheran and fifth-seeded Schreiner, who are schedule to play on Friday in quarterfinal action.
