Coastal Carolina University
Southern Intercollegiate Championships
Men's Tennis Fares Well at Southern Intercollegiate Championships
9/21/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Sept. 21, 2009
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The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team competed at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships on September 18-20, hosted by Georgia. Due to the frequent rain, the tournament was cancelled for the last day of the matches.
"This is first near washout that I have experienced as a head coach," said Head Coach Chris Powers. "In the few matches we played, we continued to look very solid on the doubles court. In singles, I think the excellent competition level exposed some weaknesses we need to work on in practice this week. The sooner we believe in ourselves in the big points, the sooner we take the next step toward our season goals."
On the first day of competition, Ernesto Ramos was defeated by Eugeny Selasarev of Gardner-Webb 6-3, 7-6 in the Division I singles. Also competing in the Division I singles, Matt Gordon was defeated by Georgia's Christian Vitulli, 6-3, 6-1. Dmitry Vlaskin lost a close match to Stetson's Cesare Gallo 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 in the Division II singles.
Saturday would be a better day for the Chants as Plamen Tzvetkov defeated Chris Swanteson of Stetson, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in the Division II singles. But, Reno Airaldi of USC- Upstate defeated Alex Funkhouser 4-6, 6-1 (6) also in the Division II singles.
In doubles action, the Chants were fairly successful throughout the tournament. Dorian Sovic/Alex Funkhouser defeated Charlie Jones/Andy Pulido of Vanderbilt, 8-0. Continueing their success in doubles, Vlaskin/Tzvetkov defeated Michael Gaerthoeffner/Jordan Smith (Memphis), 8-6.
Tennis will return to action in two weeks for the Serio Tachinni/ODU Invitational in Norfolk, Va. on Oct. 2-4.
DIVISION I SINGLES (Friday, Sept. 18)Eugeny Slesarev (Gardner Webb) def. Ernesto Ramos (Coastal Carolina), 6-3, 7-6Christian Vitulli (Georgia) def Matt Gordon (Coastal Carolina), 6-3, 6-1DIVISION II SINGLES (Friday, Sept. 18)Cesare Gallo (Stetson) def. Dmitry Vlaskin (Coastal Carolina), 6-4, 3-6, 6-1Saturday Sept. 19Plamen Tzvetkov (Costal Carolina) def. Chris Swanteson (Stetson), 6-3, 7-6 (4)Reno Airaldi (USC-Upstate) def. Alex Funkhouser (Costal Carolina), 4-6, 6-1 (6)DIVISION II DOUBLES (Saturday, Sept. 19)Dorian Sovic/Alex Funkhouser (Coastal Carolina) def. Charlie Jones/Andy Pulido (Vanderbilt), 8-0Dmitry Vlaskin/Plamen Tzvetkov (Coastal Car.) def. Michael Gaerthoeffner/Jordan Smith (Memphis), 8-6
