Dukes Top College of Charleston, 5-2

Saturday, March 31

Harrisonburg, Va.

Noon

James Madison University

College of Charleston

Photo by: Cathy Kushner/JMU Athletics Communications

3/31/2018 3:33:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison bounced back from yesterday's setback with a convincing 5-2 victory against the College of Charleston in Colonial Athletic Association men's tennis action on Saturday afternoon at the Hillside Courts.

The Dukes improved to 14-5 overall and 3-2 in CAA play while the Cougars fell to 7-9 and 0-1.

Sophomore Damon Roberts and freshman Gonzalo Adis opened up doubles play with a 6-2 victory at No. 3 over Charleston's Youssef Dabbabi and Ryan Kahn. After the Cougars won at No. 2, senior Theophile Lanthiez and sophomore Paul Mendoza gave JMU the 1-0 advantage with a 6-3 triumph at No. 1 against Benedikt Henning and Juan Estevarena.

The Dukes began singles action by winning the opening set in five of six matches. They ultimately claimed victories at No. 3, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6.

Lanthiez swept Charleston's Ksawery Pociej at No. 4 singles, winning 6-3, 6-0. At No. 3, Roberts commanded Khan in a 6-1, 6-4 decision to make it a 3-0 lead for JMU. The Cougars took a point at No. 1 to make it 3-1 before junior Pierre Kohler clinched the team match at No. 5 singles. He rallied for a 7-5 win in the first set before rolling 6-1 in the second to beat Easton Thomas. JMU also picked up a win by sophomore Tate Steinour, who downed Dabbabi 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6 to pick up his fourth singles win of the spring.

QUOTING HEAD COACH STEVE SECORD
"It was huge to get the doubles point, getting the momentum and the mindset heading into singles. We played the same level as we did yesterday, but we took advantage of every opportunity and capitalized on those today. This was a huge win for us and it should help us with seeding in the tournament. We can celebrate this win, but we have to get prepared for Radford next week."

UP NEXT
The Dukes host Radford on Wednesday, April 4 at 3 p.m. and will continue league play with a match against Elon on Friday, April 6 at 1 p.m.