CofC Men's Tennis Team Defeats Hampton, 6-1 - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

Sunday, March 7

Patriot's Point

1pm

College of Charleston

Hampton

CofC Men's Tennis Team Defeats Hampton, 6-1 - CofCSports.com--Official Web site of College of Charleston Athletics

3/7/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

#articleRelated { display: none !important; } The College of Charleston won the doubles point early in the match and never looked back, winning five of six singles the rest of the way to take the 6-1 victory this afternoon over the Hampton Pirates in men's tennis action at Patriots Point.

The Cougars improved to 7-4 overall and hav now won seven straight matches dating back to a 5-2 win over Jacksonville State Feb. 13th. Last year's team won 14 matches in a row. That included the Southern Conference Tournament Championships, which the Cougars won. Hampton fell to 9-5 on the year.

The doubles teams of Timo Siebert/Arhtur Peller and Or Dekel/Philipp Koller won their matches to give the Cougars the early 1-0 advantage. Dekel, Siebert, Bastian Moldhenke, Peller and Liran Kling went on to win their singles matches to give Charleston the final 6-1 decision.

The Cougars take the week off before hosting Southern Conference opponents Georgia Southern Friday, Mar. 12th at 1:00 PM and UNC Greensboro Saturday, Mar. 13th at 12:00 PM. The Cougars then step into the Southeastern Conference with a home match against Tennessee Mar. 14th at 10:00 AM. All matches will be played at the new College of Charleston tennis center at Patriots Point Athletics Complex in Mt. Pleasant, SC.