Claremont, Calif. - The No. 16 Pomona-Pitzer Men's Tennis team won tiebreakers at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles for a 2-1 lead, but No. 6 Trinity (Texas) won all four tiebreakers in singles to come back for a 5-4 win on Monday afternoon at Pauley Tennis Complex.

The loss was the first of the season for the Sagehens, who fall to 3-1 on the year after picking up wins over nationally ranked Bates and Mary Washington.

Junior Connor Hudson (pictured) hit a passing shot at 6-4 in the tiebreaker in doubles for the swing point to give Pomona-Pitzer a 2-1 lead going into singles (along with doubles partner Connor Sutton). Hudson then won 6-4, 6-1 at No. 3 singles to give the Sagehens a 3-2 lead after Jordan Mayer won at No. 5 for Trinity.

The Tigers, though, won the next three decisions to get the win, as Paxton Deuel won at No. 1 singles, outlasting Chris Wiechert in a tiebreaker 7-6 in the first set and winning 6-1 in the second to make the score 3-3. Wiechert and doubles partner Anthony Bello won 7-1 in a tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles to level the match 1-1.
 
Nicolas Moreno gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead with a 7-6, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles, and Greg Haugen clinched it with a tiebreaker win at No. 2 singles (6-3, 7-6).  Jonathan Kim won his singles match at No. 6 in three sets to make the final score 5-4.

Pomona-Pitzer will be back in action tomorrow for a match against Skidmore, beginning at 4 p.m.

Doubles
1) Chris Wiechert/Anthony Bello (PP) def Paxton Deuel/Nico Moreno 9-8 (7-1)
2) Connor Hudson/Connor Sutton (PP) def Greg Haugen/Jordan Meyer 9-8 (7-4)
3) Clayton Niess/Charlie Curtis (TU) def Graham Maassen/Jake Yasgoor

Order of finish: 3,1,2

Singles
1) Paxton Deuel (TU) def. Chris Wiechert 7-6 (3), 6-1
2) Greg Haugen (TU) def. Jake Yasgoor 6-3, 7-6 (3)
3) Connor Hudson (PP) def. Aaron Skinner 6-4, 6-1
4) Nico Moreno (TU) def. Graham Maassen 7-6 (4), 6-4
5) Jordan Mayer (TU) def. Kevin Wei 6-2, 6-2
6) Jonathan Kim (PP) def. Connor Dunn 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-3

Order of finish: 5, 3, 1, 4, 2, 6 (2 was clincer)