LAFAYETTE, L.A. – The Coastal Carolina men's tennis team capped off an extended road trip with their Sun Belt opener on Saturday afternoon against the No. 37 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns. In the end, the Ragin' Cajuns (12-1, 1-0 SBC) claimed a 5-2 win over the Chants.
The Chants fell in two of the three doubles matches to begin the match. On court two,
Steve Mundt and
Carlos Berna Ruiz defeated Oriol Fillat Gimenez and Vasil Dimitrov 6-4.
In singles action, 116th-ranked
Bastien Huon tallied a 6-2, 6-1 straight-set victory over Karlo Kajin in the No. 1 match. On the fourth court,
Diego Giraldo held off Kacper Dworak by a 7-5, 6-4 margin, while
Federico Garnier dropped a tough one to Al Sanchez Gonzalez in the second flight 7-6, 7-5.
The Chants (5-6, 0-1 SBC) will return home to Conway on Friday, March 11, for a 1 p.m. ET regional contest against South Carolina State.
Doubles
1. Karlo Kajin/Al Sanchez Gonzalez (LA) def.
Federico Garnier/
Diego Giraldo (CCU) 6-3
2.
Steve Mundt/
Carlos Berna Ruiz (CCU) def. Oriol Fillat Gimenez/Vasil Dimitrov (LA) 6-4
3. Calin Postea/Kacper Dworak (LA) def.
Niccolo Rossi/
Bastien Huon (CCU) 7-6 (8-6)
Order of Finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. No. 116
Bastien Huon (CCU) def. Karlo Kajin (LA) 6-2, 6-1
2. Al Sanchez Gonzalez (LA) def.
Federico Garnier (CCU) 7-6, 7-5
3. Oriol Fillat Gimenez (LA) def.
Carlos Berna Ruiz (CCU) 6-3, 6-4
4.
Diego Giraldo (CCU) def. Kacper Dworak (LA) 7-5, 6-4
5. Calin Postea (LA) def.
Daiki Tanabe (CCU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Vasil Dimitrov (LA) def.
Niccolo Rossi (CCU) 6-4, 6-4
Order of Finish: 5, 1, 3, 6, 2, 4
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