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 In April 1883, Trinity’s Association participated in the formation of the Intercollegiate Lawn Tennis Association with Amherst, Brown, and Yale. Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Williams, and the University of Pennsylvania joined the Intercollegiate Association later that year. It was at the second meeting of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, on October 9, 1883, that the [[tennis|Trinity Varsity Tennis Team]] wore the newly selected [[colors|college colors]] of dark blue and gold for the first time.
-Throughout the 1880s, tennis had a particularly privileged status at Trinity, with nearly every student being involved in one of the many teams and demands for new courts being made frequently in the //[[tablet|Trinity Tablet]]//. The varsity team did well in the intercollegiate competition, placing fourth out of ten for the first eight tournaments. By the end of the decade, Trinity held third place in the number of tournament prizes won.
+Throughout the 1880s, tennis had a particularly privileged status at Trinity, with nearly every student being involved in one of the many teams and demands for new courts being made frequently in //[[tablet|The Trinity Tablet]]//. The varsity team did well in the intercollegiate competition, placing fourth out of ten for the first eight tournaments. By the end of the decade, Trinity held third place in the number of tournament prizes won.
 In 1896, however, due to a dwindling student body in comparison to other Association colleges, the number of students playing tennis dropped, and Trinity withdrew from the Lawn Tennis Association competition.