Greenville, N.C. – The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team saw its record fall to 4-3 on the year as East Carolina picked up a 4-0 victory in Greenville, N.C. on Sunday afternoon. The Pirates improved to 10-2 with the home win.
ECU took a 1-0 lead as the Pirates won on courts No. 2 and No. 3 in the doubles matches. Coastal's duo of
Zak Talic and
Joel Popov earned the lone win at 6-3 over Agustin Tamagnone and Simon Labbe at the No. 1 spot.
East Carolina clinched the match while picking up wins on courts No. 4, No. 6, and No. 2 in singles play.
Prior to the Pirates locking up the win, the Chants were battling on courts No. 1 and No. 5. At the No. 1 position, Talic lost the first set 6-0 but battled to a 6-6 second set before ECU clinched the match win.
On court No. 5, Popov fell to Wisse Jonker 7-6 before winning the second set 6-1. Popov trailed 2-1 in the third set when the match was clinched for the Pirates.
Coastal will return to action at home in Conway, S.C. as the Chanticleers will host North Carolina A&T at the Lynn Stevens Tennis Complex on Thursday, March 5. The first serve is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET.
ECU 4 – Coastal 0
Doubles Results
- Zak Talic/Joel Popov (CCU) def. Agustin Tamagnone/Simon Labbe (ECU) 6-3
- Wisse Jonker/Javier Renones (ECU) def. Gonzalo Achondo/Pyry Hyrkkonen 6-4
- Diogo Marques/Federico Masetti (ECU) def. Francesco Cori/Daiki Tanabe (CCU) 6-3
Singles Results
- Diogo Marques (ECU) unfinished Zak Talic (CCU) 6-0, 6-6
- Javier Renones (ECU) def. Pyry Hyrkkonen (CCU) 6-2, 6-4
- Simon Labbe (ECU) unfinished Daiki Tanabe (CCU) 7-6, 2-3
- Agustin Tamagnone (ECU) def. Gonzalo Achondo (CCU) 6-1, 6-3
- Wisse Jonker (ECU) unfinished Joel Popov (CCU) 6-2, 6-1, 2-1
- Federico Masetti (ECU) def. Juan Castellanos (CCU) 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2) Singles (4, 6, 2)
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