CofC Men?s Tennis Defeats Winthrop, 4-3

Wednesday, February 14

Patriot's Point

1 p.m.

College of Charleston

Winthrop

2/26/2007 5:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

By: CofCSports.com

The College of Charleston men's tennis team won its second consecutive match to open the season with a 4-3 victory over Winthrop on Feb. 14 at the Patriots Point Tennis Center in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

CofC improves to 2-0 overall, while Winthrop drops to 0-4.

The Cougars earned one point for winning two out of three doubles matches. Senior Or Dekel, sophomore Omer Abramovich and freshman Steven Myers each won their singles matches to each earn one point for CofC in the victory.

Here are the final results from the meet:

Singles:

1) Or Dekel (CofC) def. Bastian Moldehnke (Winthrop); 7-6, 6-0

2) Rodrigo Santos (Winthrop) def. Justin Malina (CofC); 6-3, 7-5

3) Omer Abramovich (CofC) def. Arthur Takahashi (Winthrop); 6-0, 6-2

4) Alejandro Portugal (Winthrop) def. Perry Allen (CofC); 6-2, 6-3

5) Steven Myers (CofC) def. Jorge Padilla (Winthrop); 3-6, 6-0, 7-5

6) Thiago Barbosa (Winthrop) def. Andre Merg (CofC); 6-4, 6-4

Doubles:

1) Dekel/Abramovich (CofC) def. Santos/Germano Knorr (Winthrop); 8-4

2) Padilla/Portugal (Winthrop) def. Jimmy Petit/Myers (CofC); 8-6

3) Malina/Allen (CofC) def. Takahashi/Moldehnke (Winthrop); 8-5