ORLANDO, Fla. – The Trinity College Men's Tennis team secured back-to-back 7-0 victories against Springfield College and Colby-Sawyer College on Wednesday afternoon. With these wins, the Bantams improved to 5-3 on the season, while the Pride suffered their first loss (7-1), and the Chargers fell to 2-3.

The Bantams first faced Springfield at 2 p.m., registering a dominant 7-0 sweep in the non-conference match-up. Trinity won two of the three doubles matches, with Brandon Felcher/John Pope and Luca Garbati/Andrew Nelson securing victories to claim the doubles point. In singles, five of the six matches were decided in straight sets, while Garbati battled through a tough contest, ultimately triumphing in a tiebreaker with an 11-9 victory to complete the sweep.

Later in the day, Trinity squared off against Colby-Sawyer, starting strong with a 3-0 sweep in doubles. The momentum carried into singles, where the Bantams secured six wins to complete another 7-0 victory. Axel Edstrom battled against Z. Homonnay in a thrilling contest, overcoming a 6(4)-7(7) first-set loss with a 6-4 second-set win, before dominating the tiebreaker 10-3 to secure the match point.

Brandon Felcher also engaged in a hard-fought contest, splitting the first two sets before sealing the victory with a dramatic 14-12 tiebreaker win, capping off the Bantams' perfect day.

Match 1: Trinity 7, Springfield 0
Doubles:
    Brandon Felcher/John Pope def. T. Kimoto/W. Sablon, 6-4
    Luca Garbati/Andrew Nelson def. M. Matsudaira/M. Villanueva, 6-3
    A. Guzman/L. Huppke def. Pierce Rutledge/Marcus Carlsson, 6-4    

Singles:
    John Pope def. T. Kimoto, 6-0, 6-3
    Axel Edstrom def. P. Thongbooncharoen, 6-1, 6-1
    Jack Ginter def. M. Villanueva, 6-2, 6-2
    Luca Garbati def. A. Guzman, 6-2, 6(3)-7(7), 11-9
    Andrew Nelson def. L. Huppke, 6-2, 6-2
    Ben Singer def. E. Gomulka, 7-5, 6-1

Match 2: Trinity 7, Colby-Sawyer 0
Doubles:
    Brandon Felcher/Andrew Nelson def. A. Meuse/Z. Homonnay, 7-5
    Marcus Carlsson/Jack Ginter def. P. Meuse/A. Jensen, 6-3
    Pierce Rutledge/Ben Singer def. D. Dvorak/L. Brezzi, 6-3

Singles:
    John Pope def. A. Meuse, 6-1, 6-3
    Axel Edstrom def. Z. Homonnay, 6(4)-7(7), 6-4, 10-3
    Brandon Felcher def. P. Meuse, 2-6, 6-1, 14-12
    Pierce Rutledge def. D. Dvorak, 6-4, 6-3
    Keyon'Dre Clarke def. A. Jensen, 6-0, 6-0
    Marcus Carlsson def. L. Russo, 6-2, 6-4

The Bantams will conclude their spring break campaign on Friday morning with a doubleheader against Hope College, starting with an 8 a.m. match followed by a 1 p.m. rematch.