MT. PLEASANT, S.C. - The College of Charleston (10-3, 4-0) maintained its unblemished record in the Southern Conference with a hard fought 4-3 victory over Elon (4-10, 3-1) in a league men's tennis match on Monday, March 22 at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

In doubles competition, the Cougars claimed the No. 3 match as sophomore Mickael Trintignac and junior Mickael Boyer posted an 8-2 victory over Eric Turner and Alex Crockford. It would be a pair of battles at the first and second positions though that allowed Elon to pull out the doubles point with two 8-6 victories.

The Phoenix continued their strong performance in singles play as Cody Stauffer-MacDowell gave them a 2-0 lead with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the No. 5 spot. From there, CofC started to rally as junior Lukas Koncilia posted a 6-4, 6-3 decision at No. 1 and Trintignac tied the match with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at the second spot.

Sophomore Tom Delme continued the streak and gave the College of Charleston its first lead with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 win at the No. 3 position. Needing only one victory out of the two matches left in play, Mickael Boyer put the Cougars in position for the victory.

The native of Meudon, France trailed 3-2 in the deciding set before holding and breaking serve to take a 4-3 lead. Boyer and his opponent Eric Turner then each held serve to make it 5-4 before he put the set, and the match, away at 6-4. Elon reached the final margin of 4-3 with a 7-5, 1-6, 6-2 decision by Tommy Darling at the sixth position.