CONWAY, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina men's tennis squad wrapped up the 2007 regular season with a 5-2 loss to visiting Charleston Southern, April 14 at the Billy Nichols Tennis Center.

With the loss, the Chanticleers fall to 14-10 on the year and 3-4 in Big South Conference play.

CCU got it started right by earning the doubles point.

Simon Taylor and Andy Career posted a 9-8 victory at No. 1 over Jonathan Dean and Lee Schutte of CSU, while Coastal's David Mellis and Joseph Withers got the other victory for Coastal, defeating Quentin Guichard and Babar Akbar, 8-6.

In singles, Elliott Quibell got the only win for CCU, defeating Steven Dean in straight sets, 7-5, 6-1.

The Chants had a chance to win the match, but lost two tough three-set matches to the visiting Bucs.

Coastal has earned the No. 5 seed for the upcoming Big South Conference Men's Tennis Championships in Radford, Va., Apr. 17-19. The Chants will take on No. 4 High Point on Thursday., Apr. 17 at 10:30 a.m. in the quarterfinals.

Charleston Southern 5, Coastal Carolina 2

Singles

1. Quentin Guichard (CSU) def. David Mellis (CCU); 6-3, 6-2

2. Jonathan Dean (CSU) def. Simon Taylor (CCU); 3-6, 7-6, 6-1

3. Chris Peek (CSU) def. Plamen Tzvetkov (CCU); 5-7, 6-0, 7-6

4. Elliott Quibell (CCU) def. Steven Dean (CSU); 7-5, 6-1

5. Lee Schutte (CSU) def. Richard Redding (CCU); 6-1, 6-4

6. Murat Attilla (CSU) def. Andy Caress (CCU); 6-4, 6-2

Doubles

1. Taylor/Caress (CCU) def. Dean/Schutte (CSU); 9-8

2. Peek/Dean (CSU) def. Tzvetkov/Redding (CCU); 8-6

3. Mellis/Withers (CCU) def. Guichard/Babar Akbar (CSU); 8-6

Coastal now 14-10 and 3-4 in Big South Play