Men's Tennis Southern Conference

SoCon Men's Tennis Wrap Up, March 23

Jacksonville State 5, College of Charleston 2

Mt. Pleasant, SC - The College of Charleston men's tennis team dropped three close three-set matches to succumb to the Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 5-2, this afternoon at the tennis center at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

The Cougars drop to 8-5 overall, while the Gamecocks improve to 8-7 on the year.

Of the six singles matches four went into a third set with Jacksonville State coming away victorious in three of them as the gamecocks took decisions at number four, five and six singles. Charleston's Philipp Koller won in three sets at number three singles. Liran Kling won at number two singles against Arturo Nieto for the Cougars other win. Jacksonville State won all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point to start the match.

The Cougars host Binghamton tomorrow at 1:00 PM, while the Gamecocks are off until Mar. 29th when they take on Troy at 1:30 PM.

Singles competition:

1. Vedran Sirola (JVST) def. Justin Malina (COFC) 6-3, 7-6
2. Liran Kling (COFC) def. Arturo Nieto (JVST) 6-2, 6-3
3. Philipp Koller (COFC) def. Rodney Rapson (JVST) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
4. Kieran Ricci (JVST) def. Alex Quilis (COFC) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2
5. Christian Rybertt (JVST) def. Perry Allen (COFC) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
6. Andrew Amores (JVST) def. Mike Reynolds (COFC) 6-7, 7-5, 6-2

Doubles competition:

1. Rodney Rapson/Vedran Sirola (JVST) def. Philipp Koller/Mike Reynolds (COFC) 8-4
2. Arturo Nieto/Kieran Ricci (JVST) def. Liran Kling/Jimmy Petit (COFC) 8-2
3. Andrew Amores/Joey Unkenholz (JVST) def. Justin Malina/Perry Allen (COFC) 8-6