Furman 5, College of Charleston 2
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - Furman remained unbeaten in Southern Conference play and won its seventh straight match overall with its 5-2 victory over College of Charleston at the Tennis Center at Patriots Point on Tuesday.
The Cougars, who fell to 5-11 overall and 2-4 in league action, play host to Davidson at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Furman improved to 15-7 and 6-0. The Paladins are at Elon at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Furman grabbed a 1-0 lead winning two-of-three doubles matches. After Charleston earned an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles, Furman even doubles play with hard-fought 9-8 win at No. 2. Furman's Andy Juc and Bo Ladyman, the 67th-ranked doubles tandem in the country, secured the point with an 8-6 win at No. 1 over Charleston's Lukas Koncilia and Tom Delme.
Furman won four of six singles matches to secure the win. Charleston's two victories came from Koncilia at No. 2 and by Mickael Trintignac at No. 3.
Koncilia knocked off Ladyman 7-6, 2-6, 1-0, while Trintignac beat Daniel Knause 7-6, 6-4.
Samford 4, Chattanooga 3
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - In a match that was forced to be played indoors due to an incessant rainstorm, the Samford University men’s tennis team came from behind to post a thrilling 4-3 Southern Conference victory against the Chattanooga Mocs at the Manker Patten Courts.
In the triumph, Samford (5-11-1, 2-3-1 Southern Conference) dropped the doubles point, but posted four straight-set victories in singles play to register the hard-fought, come-from-behind win. The Bulldogs’ competed in their first road match in over five weeks Tuesday and improved to 2-3 when playing away from home.
Samford fell short in two of the three doubles matches; therefore Chattanooga (1-14, 0-7 SoCon) gained the early lead in Tuesday’s contest, 1-0.
The Bulldogs’ lone victory in doubles play occurred on court No. 3 as the combination of Richard Walsh and Carson Kadi toppled the Mocs’ duo comprised of Sam Parfitt and Rick van de Bovenkamp, 8-6.
Despite its early 1-0 deficit, Samford rallied from behind in singles play to earn the 4-3 victory.
The Bulldogs dropped matches on courts No. 1 and No. 2, but picked up straight-set victories on each of the bottom four courts to post the win. Samford’s Carson Kadi breezed by Chattanooga’s Dakota Pate 6-3, 6-0 in the No. 3 singles contest, while Brian Dushock cruised past Alexandr Butnarcuic on court No. 4, 6-1, 6-2.
In the bottom third of Samford’s singles lineup, sophomores Oliver Reynolds and Carl Abalos tallied the key victories to lead the Bulldogs to the win.
Abalos, Samford’s native of Woodstock, Ga., posted a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Chattanooga’s Parfitt on court No. 6, while Reynolds clinched the Bulldogs’ thrilling come-from-behind win with a 7-5, 6-2 victory against Van de Bovenkamp in the No. 5 singles contest.
With the win, Samford’s Reynolds improved to 9-5 in singles play this season.