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Winner Charlotte CLT (7-5)
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Chants Fall to Charlotte, 4-3

Coastal men's tennis drop see-saw battle versus the 49ers

CONWAY, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team suffered a setback on Sunday afternoon, falling 4-3 to Charlotte at the Lynn Stevens Tennis Complex
 
Coastal drops to 1-2  with the loss while the 49ers improved to 7-5.
 
Charlotte captured the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and at No. 3 while CCU picked up a win in the No.1 position. Coastal's Pyry Hyrkkonen and Diego Giraldo defeated Ignasi de Rueda and Stefanos Savva 6-4 to even the doubles up at 1-1 after Bastien Huon and Daiki Tanabe fell 7-5 to Henry Lieberman and Leo Menezes in the number two position. Charlotte claimed the doubles point as Ben Wayand and Peter Glenn took down Francesco Cori and Gonzalo Achondo at the number three spot.
 
Neil O'Connor put Coastal on the board in singles action with a straight-set win at No. 6 by a score of 6-2, 6-1 over the 49ers' Glenn to even the match up at 1 apiece.

CCU transfer Huon followed with a straight-set 6-4, 6-1 win over de Rueda at No. 1 to even the match at 2-2.

Charlotte continued the back-and-forth with Coastal as the 49ers took a 3-2 match advantage at the No. 4 singles position as Savva defeated Achondo 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

The Chants' Tanable evened the match at 3-3 with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Menezes at the No. 5 position before the 49ers' Lieberman delivered the match-clincher for Charlotte at No. 2 by defeating Hyrkkonen 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
 
Coastal returns home next week to host a pair of matches against North Florida (Wednesday) and Georgia Southern (Sunday) at the Stevens Tennis Complex.

Charlotte 4, Coastal 3

Doubles Results 
1. Pyry Hyrkkonen/Diego Giraldo (CCU) def. Ignasi de Rueda/Stefanos Savva (CLT) - 6-4
2. Henry Lieberman/Leo Menezes (CLT) def. Bastien Huon/Daiki Tanabe (CCU) - 6-3
3. Ben Wayand/Peter Glenn (CLT) def. Francesco Cori/Gonzalo Achondo (CCU) - 7-5

Single Results 
1. Bastien Huon (CCU) def. Ignasi de Rueda (CLT) - 6-4, 6-1
2. Henry Lieberman (CLT) def. Pyry Hyrkkonen (CCU) - 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
3. Ben Wayand (CLT) def. Diego Giraldo (CCU) - 6-2, 6-4
4. Stefanos Savva (CLT) def. Gonzalo Achondo (CCU) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
5. Daiki Tanabe (CCU) def. Leo Menezes (CLT) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
6. Neil O'Connor (CCU) def. Peter Glenn (CLT) 6-2, 6-1 

Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1, 3); Singles (6, 3, 1, 4, 5, 2) 

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