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Men's Tennis

Chants Fall to Wofford, 4-3

Box Score CONWAY, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team suffered a setback on Tuesday afternoon, falling 4-3 to Wofford at the Lynn Stevens Tennis Complex
 
Coastal drops to 7-8 with the loss while the Terriers improved to 7-9 with the win.
 
Coastal captured the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 while No.1 went unfinished. Coastal's Guilherme Toresan and Daiki Tanabe defeated Alex Horn and Omar Williams of the Terriers 6-3 at the No. 3 spot. Gonzalo Achondo and Juan Castellanos defeated Will Fullett and Ashe Ray 7-6 in the number two position for the men in teal.

Tanabe pushed the Coastal lead to 2-0 with a straight-set win at No. 5 by a score of 6-3, 6-0 over the Terriers' Javi Casasolas.

Wofford would finally get on the scoreboard with a straight-set win at No. 4 by Diego Losada who defeated Toresan by a similar score of 7-5, 7-5.

Pyry Hyrkkonen would earn a straight-set 7-6, 6-4 win over Callum Rendle at No. 2 to give the home team a 3-1 advantage.

Wofford continued the back-and-forth with Coastal as the Terriers evened the match at 3-3 with wins at No. 3 and No. 6 before the Terriers' Williams delivered the match-clincher for Wofford at No. 1 by defeating CCU's Diego Giraldo 6-2, 6-7, 6-0.

Coastal will now hit the road for a pair of matches against The Citadel on April 16 and a Sun Belt match against Georgia Southern on April 17.

Wofford 4, Coastal Carolina 3  
Doubles  
  1. Pyry Hyrkkonen/Diego Giraldo (CCU) vs. Javi Casasolas/Callum Rendle (WOF) – 6-6 unfinished  
  2. Guilherme Toresan/Daiki Tanabe (CCU) def. Alex Horn/Omar Williams (WOF) – 6-3  
  3. Gonzalo Achondo/Juan Castellanos (CCU) def. Will Fullett/Ashe Ray (WOF) – 7-6  
  
Singles  
  1. Omar Williams (WOF) def. Diego Giraldo (CCU) – 6-2, 6-7, 6-0  
  2. Pyry Hyrkkonen (CCU) def. Callum Rendle (WOF) – 7-6, 6-4  
  3. Ashe Ray (WOF) def. Gonzalo Achondo (CCU) – 3-6, 6-0, 6-3  
  4. Diego Losada (WOF) def. Guilherme Toresan (CCU) – 7-5, 7-5  
  5. Daiki Tanabe (CCU) def. Javi Casasolas (WOF) – 6-3, 6-0  
  6. Will Fullett (WOF) def. Juan Castellanos (CCU) – 0-6, 7-5, 6-2  
  
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 3); Singles (5, 4, 2, 3, 6, 1)  

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Players Mentioned

Gonzalo Achondo

Gonzalo Achondo

5' 11"
Fifth Year
Juan Castellanos

Juan Castellanos

5' 9"
Senior
Pyry Hyrkkonen

Pyry Hyrkkonen

5' 10"
Fifth Year
Daiki Tanabe

Daiki Tanabe

5' 8"
Senior
Guilherme Toresan

Guilherme Toresan

Freshman
Diego Giraldo

Diego Giraldo

6' 2"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Gonzalo Achondo

Gonzalo Achondo

5' 11"
Fifth Year
Juan Castellanos

Juan Castellanos

5' 9"
Senior
Pyry Hyrkkonen

Pyry Hyrkkonen

5' 10"
Fifth Year
Daiki Tanabe

Daiki Tanabe

5' 8"
Senior
Guilherme Toresan

Guilherme Toresan

Freshman
Diego Giraldo

Diego Giraldo

6' 2"
Senior