Final Stats

Blacksburg, Va. - The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team fell 7-0 to the 38th ranked Virginia Tech Hokies on Saturday afternoon as the Chanticleers opened the 2015 season at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center.

The Chants started the day with a win on the third doubles court, as Rick Timmerman and Vuk Velickovic defeated Joao Monteiro and Edoardo Tessaro 6-3. It was the Hokies, however, who controlled the rest of the match.

Amerigo Contini and Jai Corbett evened the doubles point with a 6-3 win on the second court over Renan Samed and Garik Yedigarian. Andreas Bjerrehus and Hunter Koontz then sealed the point for Tech, defeating Kaue Pereira and Philippe Tsangarides 6-4 at No. 1.

The Hokies swept all six singles points, beginning with a 6-2, 6-0 win on the first court by #35 Contini over Tsangarides. Pereira fell to #61 Bjerrehus at No. 2, before Tessaro clinched the match for Virginia Tech by defeating Jabor Al-Mutawa at No. 5.

Velickovic fell in straight sets to Hunter Koontz on the fourth court, as did #119 Samed to #94 Nicoud at No. 6. Monteiro closed out the singles matches with a three-set win over Yedigarian on the third court.

The 0-1 Chants will now look to pick up their first win of the season on Monday when they take on #73 East Carolina in Greenville, N.C. The match is slated to begin at 1 p.m.

Singles: 1. #35 Amerigo Contini (VT) def Phillippe Tsangarides (CCU) 6-2, 6-0 2. #61 Andreas Bjerrehus (VT) def Kaue Pereira (CCU) 6-3, 6-1 3. Joao Monteiro (VT) def Garik Yedigarian (CCU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 4. Hunter Koontz (VT) def Vuk Velickovic (CCU) 6-4, 6-3 5. Edoardo Tessaro (VT) def Jabor Al-Mutawa (CCU) 6-0, 6-3 clinched 6. #94 Florian Nicoud (VT) def #119 Renan Samed (CCU) 7-5, 6-2 Order of finish: 1,2,5*,4,6,3 Doubles: 1. Bjerrehus/Koontz (VT) def Pereira/Tsangarides (CCU) 6-4 2. Contini/Corbett (VT) def Samed/Yedigarian (CCU) 6-3 3. Timmerman/Velickovic (CCU) def Monteiro/Tessaro (VT) 6-3 Order of finish: 3,2,1*