Men's Tennis Falls to No. 68 Coastal Carolina

Sunday, March 9

Conway, S.C.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

Coastal Carolina

3/9/2014 11:51:00 PM | Men's Tennis

CONWAY, S.C., March 9, 2014 - Playing for the first time in two weeks, the James Madison men's tennis team fell 7-0 at No. 68 Coastal Carolina at the Billy Nichols Tennis Center on Sunday.

The Chanticleers improved to 7-3 with their fourth win in ther last five matches. The Dukes dropped to 3-5, all on the road.

Sophomore Robert Stirling (Caboolture, Australia/St. Columbans College) was playing well against 67th-ranked Philipp Tsangaridis at No. 1 singles before retiring in the third set. Stirling took the lead with a 6-4 win in the first set, but Tsangaridis tied it up with a 6-3 win in the second set. Tsangaridis was leading 2-0 in the third set before Stirling retired.

Freshman Niels Kathol (Bonn, Germany/Collegium Josephinum Bonn) pushed his match to three sets before falling to Hunter Whalen at No. 6 singles. He dominated the first set with a 6-2 win, but fell 7-5, 10-5 in the final two sets.

The Dukes will continue their road trip in South Carolina with a pair of matches in Charleston. They will travel to play College of Charleston on Tuesday and then make the trip to The Citadel on Wednesday.

#68 Coastal Carolina 7, James Madison 0
Singles competition
1. Tsangaridis, Philipp (COASTAL) def. Robert Stirling (JMU) 4-6, 6-3, 2-0, retired
2. Yedigarian, Garik (COASTAL) def. Sebastian Salinas (JMU) 6-3, 7-6
3. Christofides, Leo (COASTAL) def. Miljan Ruzic (JMU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Nilsson, Ted (COASTAL) def. Brett Moorhead (JMU) 6-2, 7-5
5. Al-Mutawa, Jabor (COASTAL) def. Maxi Branth (JMU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Whalen, Hunter (COASTAL) def. Niels Kathol (JMU) 2-6, 7-5, 10-5

Doubles competition
1. TSANGARIDIS, Philipp/CHRISTOFIDES, Leo (COASTAL) def. Miljan Ruzic/Robert Stirling (JMU) 8-7
2. Alex Berdnikoff/Maxi Branth (JMU) def. AL-MUTAWA, Jabor/NILSSON, Ted (COASTAL) 8-6
3. SAMED, Renan/YEDIGARIAN, Garik (COASTAL) def. Brett Moorhead/Sebastian Salinas (JMU) 8-2

Match Notes:
James Madison 3-5
Coastal Carolina 7-4; National ranking #68
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,5,1,4,2,6)