Men's Tennis Southern Conference

Southern Conference Men's Tennis Round Up, Feb. 19

Wofford 4, Elon 3

The Wofford men's tennis team was victorious in its Southern Conference opener Saturday afternoon, as it defeated Elon, 4-3, in Elon, N.C. The two teams split the six singles matches; however, the Terriers prevailed in two of the three doubles contests to earn the decisive point.

In singles action, senior Brett Johnson captured a 6-4, 6-2 win over Wilco Moggre at the No. 2 position. Junior Chris Barlow defeated Sebastian Bredberg, 6-2, 6-1, during the No. 4-seeded match. The final singles triumph for Wofford came at the No. 5 slot, where sophomore Alex Fridzon swept Brian Edmundson, 6-0, 6-0.

Johnson teamed with freshman Richard Cahi to give the Terriers an 8-3 victory over Moggre and Bredberg at the No. 2 spot. Barlow also won his double match, with sophomore Jeff Muthig, as the pair handed an 8-5 loss on Edmundson and Kyle Smialek at the No. 3 position.

Wofford improves to 2-7 overall and 1-0 in the league with the win. The Phoenix drop to 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the SoCon.

The Terriers will play at home for the first time this season Tuesday at 2 p.m. versus Gardner-Webb. The contest is a make-up following the postponement of the original date of Feb. 9 due to inclement weather.

Wofford 4, Elon 3

Singles
No. 1 Pramote Malasitt (ELON) def. Andrew Stubbs (Wof.), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 Brett Johnson (Wof.) def. Wilco Moggre (ELON), 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 Austin Fenn (ELON) def. Alec Wilson (Wof.), 2-6, 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 Chris Barlow (Wof.) def. Sebastian Bredberg (ELON), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Alex Fridzon (Wof.) def. Brian Edmundson (ELON), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Kyle Smialek (ELON) def. Richard Cahi (Wof.), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6

Doubles
No. 1 Fenn/Malasitt (ELON) def. Stubbs/Wilson (Wof.), 8-2
No. 2 Cahi/Johnson (Wof.) def. Bredberg/Moggre (ELON), 8-3
No. 3 Barlow/Muthig (Wof.) def. Edmundson/Smialek (ELON), 8-5

East Carolina 4, College of Charleston 3

Greenville, NC - The College of Charleston men's team came back from being down early after losing the doubles point to take four singles and defeat the East Carolina Pirates, 4-3, this afternoon in Greenville, NC.

The Cougars improve to 2-1 while the Pirates fall to 4-6 on the year.

Posting singles victories for the College of Charleston was Bastian Moldhenke, Justin Malina, Alex Quilis and Artie Peller. Malina's and Quilis' matches were close three-set matches while the other two were in straight sets.

East Carolina hosts Coastal Carolina Feb. 22nd at 1:00 PM, while College of Charleston continues its road trip, heading toElon, Feb. 20th for a 12:00 PM match.



Men's Tennis

CofC 4, East Carolina 3

Singles

1. Paulo Baumer (ECU) def. Timo Siebert (CofC) 6-2, 6-2
2. Bastian Modhenke (CofC) def. Felipe Fonseca (ECU) 7-5, 6-4
3. Henrique Viana (ECU) def. Liran Kling (CofC) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0
4. Justin Malina (CofC) def. Darren Mansell (ECU) 6-7(6), 6-2, 6-4
5. Alex Quilis (CofC) def. Nick Rose (ECU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5)
6. Artie Peller (CofC) def. Robert Stasch (ECU) 6-3, 6-0



Doubles

1. Baumer/Rose (ECU) def. Philipp Koller/Siebert (CofC) 8-6
2. Mansell/Viana (ECU) def. Moldhenke/Malina (CofC) 8-3
3. Fonseca/Stasch (ECU vs. Kling/Jimmy Petit (CofC) unfinished