March 22, 2015 Final Stats
Farmville, Va. - The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team posted its second shutout of the season as the Chanticleers (7-5, 2-1) downed the host Longwood Lancers (2-12, 0-6) 7-0 in Big South action at the Lancer Courts on Sunday.
The Chants' sweep of the Lancers began with a perfect 3-0 mark in doubles. Coastal's top pairing of Philippe Tsangarides and Kaue Pereira topped Dan Elston and Steed Johnson 8-3 on the first court. Renan Samed and Pedro Leme achieved the same result over Alfonso Castellan and Florian Uffer at No. 2, and Rick Timmerman and Vuk Velickovic closed doubles with an 8-5 victory at No. 3.
Tsangarides, Periera and Velickovic all won in straight sets on the first three singles courts. Samed and Timmerman posted matching 6-1, 6-2 victories on the fifth and sixth courts, respectively.
The lone singles match to go three sets was on the fourth court where Leme outlasted Johnson 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (11-5).
The Chants return home to the Coastal Carolina Tennis Complex on Friday to host Winthrop for a 2 p.m. match.
Coastal Carolina 7, Longwood 0
Singles competition
1. TSANGARIDES, P. (COASTAL) def. ELSTON, Dan (LWU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Pereira, Kaue (COASTAL) def. UFFER, Florian (LWU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Velickovic, Vuk (COASTAL) def. CASTELLANO, Alfonso (LWU) 6-0, 6-3
4. Leme, Pedro (COASTAL) def. JOHNSON, Steed (LWU) 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (11-5)
5. Samed, Renan (COASTAL) def. MANSER, Lachlan (LWU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Timmerman, Rick (COASTAL) def. ILCHEV, Rosen (LWU) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. TSANGARIDES, P./PEREIRA, Kaue (COASTAL) def. ELSTON, Dan/JOHNSON, Steed (LWU) 8-3
2. SAMED, Renan/LEME, Pedro (COASTAL) def. CASTELLANO, Alfonso/UFFER, Florian (LWU) 8-3
3. TIMMERMAN, Rick/VELICKOVIC, Vuk (COASTAL) def. SANKAR, Bharani/ILCHEV, Rosen (LWU) 8-5
Match Notes:
Coastal Carolina 7-5
Longwood 2-12