March 13, 2012

Final Stats

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Coastal Carolina men's tennis team overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat Furman 4-3 Tuesday evening at the Mickel Tennis Center.

The Chants lost two of the three doubles matches to lose the doubles point for only the third time all year.

The Paladins won the first two singles matches in straight sets to take a comfortable 3-0 lead in the matach. Coastal would bounce back with a win from Garik Yedigarian (6-4, 6-2), Danny Heidecker (6-3, 6-2) and Yusuke Kusuda (6-2, 6-3) to even the match at three apiece.

Leo Christofides would win the first set, but dropped the second set 6-3 to Alex Christ. Playing in the No. 2 position, Christofides battled back to win the third set 6-4 and give Coastal a 4-3 win and its 10th victory against in-state foe Furman.

"I am so proud of these guys for their effort today," said head coach Chris Powers. "Furman put us on the ropes and we refused to go down. This is a great win for our tennis program."

Coastal will face South Carolina on Sunday, March 18. The match will be held in Columbia with first serve slated for 2 p.m.