ORLANDO, FLA. -- The Trine University men's tennis team was defeated yesterday by SUNY Oneonta by the score of 7-2.
The Thunder got an early point from the No. 1 doubles pair of seniors Victor Flynn (Grosse Pointe, Mich. / Grosse Point South) and Judson Quinn (Russiaville, Ind. / Western) who came out on top by the score of 8-6. The other two pairs came up short and Trine entered the singles portion of the competition down 2-1.
The Thunder would only pick up one more point in the singles. Flynn would score the lone win in the No. 1 singles match with scores of 6-0, 6-3. Quinn would lose a hard-fought match in the tiebreaker with scores of 4-6, 6-3, 10-5. Junior Blake Trusty (Fremont, Ind. / Fremont) also came up just short in his No. 3 match forcing a tiebreaker with scores of 5-7, 6-0, 13-11.
Trine will once again take the courts today, March 8, when they take on Judson (Ill.) University at 7:30 p.m.