Men’s Tennis Blanks Fairfield, 4-0 - Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Tuesday, March 19

Conway, S.C.

Noon ET

Coastal Carolina University

Fairfield

3/19/2019 3:38:00 PM | Men's Tennis

By: Chris Henry

CONWAY – The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team swept Fairfield, 4-0, Tuesday at the Stevens Tennis Complex.

Coastal improves to 10-5 with the win over the Chants' final nonconference opponent of the season.

The Chants took the doubles point on courts three and one. The third pairing of Lawrence Perrin and Francesco Cori won 6-1, while the first pairing of Luiz Faria and Pyry Hyrkkonen won 6-2.

Joel Popov (No. 2), Hyrkkonen (No. 3) and Gonzalo Achono (No. 5) all won in straight sets to complete the sweep.

Next up, the Chants begin Sun Belt Conference play in Alabama this weekend as they travel to Troy on Saturday before heading to South Alabama on Sunday.

Coastal Carolina 4, Fairfield 0
Singles competition
1. Faria, Luiz (CCU) vs. Tyler Shibles (FU) 7-5, 5-2, unfinished
2. Popov, Joel (CCU) def. Lewis Edwards (FU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Hyrkkonen, Pyry (CCU) def. Allan Magid (FU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Tanabe, Daiki (CCU) vs. Jeffrey Rodgers (FU) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished
5. Achondo, Gonzalo (CCU) def. Anthony Caputo (FU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Cori, Francesco (CCU) vs. John Hatala (FU) 0-6, 6-3, 1-0, unfinished

Doubles competition
1. Faria, Luiz/Hyrkkonen, Pyry (CCU) def. Tyler Shibles/Lewis Edwards (FU) 6-2
2. Popov, Joel/Tanabe, Daiki (CCU) vs. Jan Parizek/Allan Magid (FU) 4-3, unfinished
3. Perrin, Lawrence/Cori, Francesco (CCU) def. Jeffrey Rodgers/John Hatala (FU) 6-1