College of Charleston 5, Davidson 2
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - The College of Charleston men's tennis team took a 5-2 decision from Davidson in Southern Conference action this afternoon at the CofC Tennis Center at Patriots Point.
With the win, the Cougars improve to 6-11 overall, 3-4 in the Southern Conference, while Davidson falls to 5-12, 1-5 in the SoCon.
The Cougars got off to a quick start in doubles, taking two of the three matches contested to take a team point, then won four of the six singles matches contested, all of which in straight sets, to take the win.
Charleston was led in singles by Steven Myers, who shutout Davidson's Dave Warren 6-0, 6-0 in the number six spot and Mickael Trintignac who defeated Scott Myers 6-1, 6-3 at number three singles. The win by Trintignac was also the eighth in his last nine matches.
Lukas Koncilia was a 6-1, 6-4 winner over Eric Noble at number one singles, while Joe Nicolazzi rounded out the Cougar singles victors on the day with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Arie Hefter.
Wofford 4, UNC Greensboro 3
GREENSBORO, N.C. ? Wofford College handed UNC Greensboro is first conference loss of the season, downing the Spartans, 4-3, in men’s tennis action Saturday afternoon.
Despite the loss, the Spartans (10-5, 5-1) are still in contention for the Southern Conference title. UNCG will host Furman on Sunday. The Paladins (16-7, 7-0) defeated Elon, 5-2, on Saturday to take over sole possession of first place in the league. Elon is now 6-1 in league play, followed by UNCG at 5-1. The Spartans could still win the league title by winning outright, starting with Furman on Sunday. UNCG also takes on Elon on the road on April 15.
Orcun Seyrek won his 19th match of the season when he topped Stuart Robertson in straight sets at No. 1 singles on Saturday. In defeating Robertson by identical 6-2 scores, the freshman from Istanbul, Turkey ran his record to 19-3 on the season and won his 10th straight match. He also teamed with Arsel Kumdereli for a doubles win as the duo moved to 14-4 this year.
UNCG also got singles wins from Kumdereli and Andrey Bubnov, but Wofford claimed the doubles point and wins at Nos. 4, 5 and 6 singles to hand the Spartans their first conference setback of the season and end their winning streak at four straight.
Georgia Southern 6, The Citadel 1
STATESBORO, Ga. - The doubles point and five singles victories propelled the Georgia Southern men’s tennis team to a 6-1 Southern Conference victory over The Citadel Saturday morning (April 4) at the Hanner Tennis Complex. The win pushed the Eagles to 6-7-1 on the season and 2-3-1 in conference action, while the Bulldogs remain below .500 at 8-10, 1-5.
The Eagles began the match taking the doubles point for the first time in seven matches, the sixth time overall. A sweeping of the doubles contests gave Georgia Southern the early team point and the momentum heading into singles competition. Gregory Bekkers and Philip Prins led the doubles with their first conference triumph of the season with an 8-2 decision at the three seed over Frederic Petrilli and Josh Cook. Juniors Justin Flynn and Jayraj Jadeja clinched the team point with an 8-6 victory at the two seed, and Joris De Weerdt and Matthew Sands rounded out the sweep at the one seed. An 8-7(5) decision over Yufo Sutantio and Alberto Diaz pushed the senior Eagle tandem to a 16-9 overall doubles record this season.
Georgia Southern carried its doubles energy into singles action, walking away with three quick straight set victories to register its second SoCon conquest of the season. Freshman Edio Castanhel finished first giving the Eagles a 2-0 advantage with a 6-2,6-0 takeover at the
No.6 spot as Flynn earned a 6-3,6-1 decision at the five seed, putting Georgia Southern on the brink of a team victory.
Jadeja improved to 8-5 overall on the season when he clinched the match for the Eagles at the No.2 position with a 6-4 straight set victory over Michael Kociecki. The Bulldogs answered back registering their lone team point with a straight set decision at the top singles spot before the Eagles added two more singles victories to the scoreboard.
Bekkers won his singles match in a super tiebreak, going 7-6 (7), 2-6,1-0 (5) before Alain Garrido put the finishing touches on a three-set win from No.4. The freshman Eagle defeated Diaz 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (2) to close out the morning for Georgia Southern and lead the Eagles to a Southern Conference victory.
Furman 5, Elon 2
ELON, N.C. - In a meeting of teams that were both undefeated conference play, it was the Furman Paladins who came out on top against the No. 66 Elon Phoenix in men’s tennis action at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center in Elon, N.C. The Paladins won the hard-fought match 5-2. The loss ended Elon’s unbeaten streak of 12 matches, bringing Elon’s record to 15-5 overall and 6-1 on conference action. Furman improved to 16-7 and 7-0 in conference play.
The Paladins won the doubles point after the 66th-ranked doubles pair of Andy Juc and Bo Ladyman defeated the 32nd-ranked duo of Damon Gooch and Philip Nemic 8-4 in 45 minutes at number one doubles. One minute later, Andrei Chvetsov and Jordan Walters defeated Alberto Rojas and Cody Stauffer-MacDowell 8-4 at number three doubles to seal the doubles point. The bright spot of doubles play was the 8-2 win of Chase Helpingstein and Carlin Murray over Chris Rhyne and Chris Motes.
The Paladins picked up its first point in singles play after Daniel Knause handed Nemec a 6-1, 6-1 loss in one hour and three minutes of play. Elon earned its first point of the afternoon when Helpingstein dispatched Motes 6-4, 6-4 in a match lasting one hour and 28 minutes.
Sawyer Duncan won Furman’s third point by defeating Stauffer-MacDowell 6-4, 6-3 five minutes later.
Rojas brought the score within one two hours and three minutes into singles play with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 win over Walters that gave Elon its second point of the match.
Ladyman (ranked 121) gave Oscar Podlewski a 7-6, 4-6, 6-4 loss to seal the Paladin win.
In the days only matchup of ranked singles players, No. 166 Juc defeated No. 69 Gooch 6-7 (6), 6-3, 10-3 in a match that lasted just over two and a half hours.