Men's Tennis Southern Conference

SoCon Men's Tennis Results, Sunday, February 29

CofC 5, Davidson 2

CHARLESTON, S.C. - For the second straight day, the Davidson men's tennis team dropped a conference match by a count of 5-2, this time to College of Charleston. The Wildcats fall to 5-4 overall and 0-2 in Southern Conference play.

All three doubles matches were relatively close, but Davidson was only able to pull out a win at number two. Seniors Rob Gould and Jonathan Britt teamed up for an 8-5 triumph over Charleston's Liran Kling and Or Dekel. The host Cougars (5-4, 3-0) took the other two contests by scores of 8-6 and 8-5.

In singles, freshman Porus Jetli (#6) won his second league match of the season by outlasting Seth Bowman, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4. Meanwhile, Britt earned a 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 decision over Charleston's Phillip Koller at number four singles. The Cougars took the top three singles matches in straight sets.

Davidson has the next two weeks off before hosting non-conference foe James Madison on Saturday, March 13. Match time is slated for 1:30 p.m.

Complete Results Below:


College of Charleston 5, Davidson 2

Doubles
#1 - Koller/Siebert (CofC) d. Haywood/Miles (DAV) 8-6
#2 - Britt/Gould (DAV) d. Dekel/Kling (CofC) 8-5
#3 - Brehmer/Moldehnke (CofC) d. Bolton/Jetli (DAV) 8-5

Singles
#1 - #74 Or Dekel (CofC) d. Rob Haywood (DAV) 6-2, 6-1
#2 - Timo Siebert (CofC) d. Donald Miles (DAV) 6-4, 6-1
#3 - Bastian Moldehnke (CofC) d. Bryan Stonestreet (DAV) 6-4, 7-5
#4 - Jonathan Britt (DAV) d. Phillip Koller (CofC) 6-3, 5-7, 7-5
#5 - Liran Kling (CofC) d. Russ Burns (DAV) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0
#6 - Porus Jetli (DAV) d. Seth Bowman (CofC) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4

The Citadel 4, UTC 3

Charleston, SC - The Citadel (4-3, 2-0 SoCon) swept all three doubles matches and sophomore Warren Woolfolk defeated Chattanooga freshman Mark Fynn, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 4 singles pairing to seal a 4-3 victory over Chattanooga (2-4, 0-2 SoCon).

In No. 1 singles, Citadel senior Matt Stubbs handled senior John Hangstefer in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2. Senior John Williams also won in straight sets over Chattanooga senior Alex Mabred, 6-2, 6-1, in No. 2 singles. In the No. 3 match-up, junior Thomas Knizat beat Bulldog freshman Carl Hocker, 6-4, 6-2, while the Mocs' junior Tim Kutschera downed sophomore David Lara, 6-1, 7-6 (5), in the No. 5 match. Chattanooga's third and final point came in the No. 6 pairing as sophomore Mario Axente beat freshman Robert Haynie in a ten-point tie-breaker, 5-7, 7-5, (10-1).


The Citadel 4, Chattanooga 3


In the No. 1 doubles The Citadel's sophomore duo of Warren Woolfolk and David Lara beat junior Thomas Knizat and freshman Mark Fynn, 8-5. In the No. 2 doubles senior Matt Stubbs and freshman Carl Hocker defeated Moc senior John Hangstefer and sophomore Josh Bales, 8-2, while Bulldog senior John Williams and freshman Robert Haynie downed junior Tim Kutschera and freshman Arturo Navarro by the same score to complete the sweep.

"The whole team fought extremely hard today," said Assistant Coach Adam Carey. "The seniors really stepped up for us."

The Citadel tennis team will head on the road Thursday, March 4 to take on Wofford at 1:30 pm in Spartanburg, while Chattanooga will host Elon at 2 pm on Thursday.

The Citadel 4 Chattanooga 3

Doubles:

1. Woolfolk/Lara (CIT) d. Knizat/Fynn, 8-5

2. Stubbs/Hocker (CIT) d. J. Hangstefer/Bales, 8-2

3. Williams/Haynie (CIT) d. Kutschera/Navarro, 8-2

Singles

1. Stubbs (CIT) d. J. Hangstefer, 6-2, 6-2

2. Williams (CIT) d. Mabred, 6-2, 6-1

3. Knizat (UTC) d. Hocker, 6-4, 6-2

4. Woolfolk (CIT) d. Fynn, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4

5. Kutschera (UTC) d. Lara, 6-1, 7-6 (5)

6. Axente (UTC) d. Haynie, 5-7, 7-5, (10-1)



East Tennessee State 6, Georgia Southern 1

Furman 2, Michigan 5