Wofford 7, Presbyterian, 0
CLINTON, S.C.- The Wofford men’s tennis team won its second consecutive match on Friday afternoon sweeping Presbyterian 7-0 in Clinton, S.C. The Terriers are now 2-5 on the year while the Blue Hose fall to 1-4.
“We had a good performance against a Presbyterian team that I fought hard and played with a good spirit,” said coach Rod Ray. “We were just a little bit better today.”
Wofford started off early taking all three doubles matches with ease. In all, the Terriers surrendered a total of eight games with the toughest match coming on court two where Paul Bartholomy and Alan Donald took down Andrew Lee and Patrick Fediuk 8-5. Wofford took the matches on court one and three by an 8-1 and 8-2 margin giving the Terriers the doubles point and a 1-0 lead heading into doubles play. “We demonstrated confidence and focus in our doubles play from beginning to end. Our shot selection and execution were both solid,” noted Ray.
The Terriers continued to maintain control of the match as they won convincingly on courts three, five and six. Tinus Van Wyk faced the toughest challenge of the day as he was taken to three sets. Van Wyk lost the opening set in a tiebreaker, but battled back to take the second set 6-1 and the match tiebreaker 10-6 to keep the seep intact. Senior captain Scott Collins was also pushed in the opening set on court one but was able to escape in a tiebreaker and followed up with a 6-2 set in the second to take the win.
“In the singles play, Scott, Danny and Tinus all struggled early, but made good adjustments when they needed to and gained control of themselves and their matches. We played well, but not as well as I anticipate we will we be playing after a few more matches. We are to a point where I believe we will show great improvement with each match,” said Ray.
Wofford will return to the court on February 25 at 2:30 p.m. as they welcome the Charlotte 49ERS for the 2009 home opener.
College of Charleston 7, St. Bonaventure 0
No. 32 Virginia Tech 7, College of Charleston 0
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The College of Charleston men's tennis team shutout St. Bonaventure, 7-0, in men's tennis action at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center on Friday in the first of two matches. Virginia Tech, ranked No. 32 in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association poll, blanked Charleston, 7-0, in the nightcap.
In the opener, the Cougars, who stand at 2-3 on the season, won two-of-three doubles matches before sweeping the singles competition. Omer Abramovich downed Leo Mochizuki 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 at No. 1 singles, Lukas Koncilia downed Chris Post 7-5, 6-4 at No. 2 singles ahnd Mickael Boyer cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Diego Valdengro at No. 3.
Thomas Delme (No. 4), Mickael Trintignac (No. 5) and Joe Nicolazzi (No. 6) also earned singles wins.
In the nightcap, Virginia Tech (3-1) swept three matches to win the doubles point then won swept the six singles contests for the victory.
In singles, Yoann Re defeated Lukas Koncila, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 1 and Pedro Graber, ranked No. 101 nationally, won, 7-6, 6-3, in his No. 2 match against Mickael Boyer. Luka Somen won, 6-7, 7-5, 1-0 at No. 3 versus Tom Delme.
Sebastien Jacques picked up a 6-3, 6-2, win at No. 4 over Mickael Tritignac and in the No. 5 event, Brandon Corace earned a 6-0, 6-1, win over Joe Nicolazzi. Patrick Dacik defeated Steven Myers, 6-2, 7-6, in the No. 6 match.
Tech won the doubles as Jacques/Re defeated Abramovich/Koncilla, 8-4, in the No. 1 match while Corace/Graber picked up a 8-6 win at No. 2 over Boyer/Myers. The Hokies completed the sweep as Daciek/Somen won 8-5 versus Delme/Trintignac in the No. 3 contest.
Coastal Carolina 4, Georgia Southern 3
STATESBORO, Ga. ?The doubles point was the deciding factor in the Eagles’ first loss of 2009 as they dropped a 4-3 decision Friday afternoon (Feb. 13) to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at the Hanner Tennis Complex. With the loss, the Georgia Southern men’s tennis team fell to 3-1 on the season, while Coastal Carolina remained perfect, improving to 6-0.
Georgia Southern looked to be in good position to take the early advantage after securing the first doubles match off the court at the three seed. The junior Eagle duo of Justin Flynn and Jayraj Jadeja cruised to an 8-4 victory over Chanticleers’ Joseph Withers and John Hairston. Coastal Carolina evened the doubles point by notching a win at the two seed. Plamen Tzvetkoy and Dmitry Vlaskin downed Gregory Bekkers and Philip Prins, 8-3, leaving the doubles point decision to the one position where Joris De Weerdt and Matthew Sands found themselves down 5-4 to Ernesto Ramos and German Perez. Trying to bring the match to a tiebreak, the Eagle tandem fought back from 0-30 at 6-7 to deuce only to drop the game after two double faults. The 8-6 victory clinched the doubles point for Coastal Carolina.
After a tight doubles point, Coastal Carolina took three first sets to start off singles competition, but dropped the first match off the court. De Weerdt crushed Perez at the one seed in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, to even the score at 1-all. The Chanticleers and Eagles traded singles victories as Tzvetkoy notched a win at the five seed right before Alain Garrido bypassed Dorian Sovic at the four seed, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, tying the match at 2-all.
The Eagles took a 3-2 lead when Jadeja upended Coastal Carolina’s Vlaskin in three sets, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, at the three seed. The win pushed Jadeja to a perfect 3-0 record in singles action thus far in the season. The Chanticleers quickly tied the match at 3-all when Ramos defeated Bekkers in three sets, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, leaving the match decision to the final court where Edio Castanhel was facing Withers at the six seed. Castanhel battled back from dropping the first set 7-5 to take the second, 6-4 and push the match into a third set. Withers took the third set 6-0, thereby clinching the match for the Chanticleers at 4-3.
“We did a good job of fighting at the end,” said head coach Justin Miles. “We need to do a better job at the beginning starting with the doubles. We need to bring the same intensity in doubles as we did in singles.”
Georgia Southern hits the road next for its first road trip of the season to take on North Florida and Jacksonville. First serve at North Florida is slated for 11 a.m. on February 21.