Feb. 20, 2010
Final Stats
Coastal Carolina University men's tennis was successful in a hard fought battle, earning a 5-2 win at Charlotte, Feb. 20. The Chanticleers improved to 5-1 on the season, while the 49ers fell to 1-3.
"Today was a battle," Head Coach Chris Powers said. "Charlotte fought hard for every point, and we had to dig deep to earn the win. I am very excited to begin Big South play against a very good Gardner-Webb team."
The Chanticleers earned the doubles point to start of the day as the No. 1 team of Matt Gordon and Peter Billingham defeated Michael Anders and Moritz Bernhoerster, 8-6, and the No. 2 team of Alex Funkhouser and Ernesto Ramos defeated Jess Hutchinson and Krysztof Kwasniewicz, 8-5. The No. 3 doubles team of Dmitry Vlaskin and Plamen Tzvetkov fell to Charles Martin-Lecamp and Anthony Davison, 8-3.
Coastal continued their success in singles as Gordon defeated Michael Anders in the No. 1 position, 6-1, 6-3. Funkhouser advanced his unbeaten streak to six in singles as he defeated Martin-Lecamp, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. In the No. 4 position. Vlaskin had another successful three-set match over Davison, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 and in the No. 5 spot Tzvetkov overcame Kwaniewicz, 7-5, 6-4. The Chanticleers No. 2 position of Ramos and No. 6 spot of Billingham fell to Charlotte competitors.
The Chants will begin Big South play at Gardner-Webb on Sunday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m.
Coastal Carolina 5, Charlotte 2
Singles competition
1. Gordon, Matt (COASTAL) def. Michael Anders (CHA) 6-1, 6-3
2. Moritz Bernhoerster (CHA) def. Ramos, Ernesto (COASTAL) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
3. Funkhouser, Alex (COASTAL) def. C. Martin-Lecamp (CHA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
4. Vlaskin, Dmitry (COASTAL) def. Anthony Davison (CHA) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
5. Tzvetkov, Plamen (COASTAL) def. K. Kwasniewicz (CHA) 7-5, 6-4
6. Jesse Hutchinson (CHA) def. Billingham, Peter (COASTAL) 7-5, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. GORDON, Matt/BILLINGHAM, Peter (COASTAL) def. Michael Anders/Moritz Bernhoerster (CHA) 8-6
2. FUNKHOUSER, Alex/RAMOS, Ernesto (COASTAL) def. Jesse Hutchinson/K. Kwasniewicz (CHA) 8-5
3. C. Martin-Lecamp/Anthony Davison (CHA) def. TZVETKOV, Plamen/VLASKIN, Dmitry (COASTAL) 8-3
