Saturday, October 19, 2013

Mac Caputi '15 - The Bowdoin Orient

Unseeded Luke Trinka '16 busted open the bracket of the USTA/ITA Men's Tennis Regional Championship last weekend as he played his way to six wins in three days, bringing Bowdoin the tournament's championship trophy for the first time in program history. Trinka, who faced three ranked opponents on his run to the title, won four of his matches in straight sets. He overcame a 3-6 first set loss to fourth-seeded Matt Micheli of Williams to win nine sets in a row before dropping one in the final to Williams' unseeded Conrad Harron. Harron and Trinka have known each other since they were 16, and have played together often over the summer in their native Chicago.

Trinka's victory earned him a place at the Small College Championships in Fort Myers, Fla. where he will compete against junior college, DII and DIII athletes from across the country.

Because tournament seeding is based on previous collegiate success, Trinka was never a serious consideration for a seed, as he did not play singles for the College as a first year. He did, however, partner with Chase Savage '16 to form a doubles team that finished the spring season undefeated.


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