The College of Charleston men's tennis team stayed undefeated on the season with an impressive 5-2 victory over Appalachian State on Mar. 15 at the Patriots Point Tennis Center in Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

The victory improves CofC to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in the SoCon, while the loss drops Appalachian State to 5-4 and 0-1 in the SoCon.

The Cougars won all three of the doubles matches to earn one team point.  The doubles team of Jimmy Petit and Justin Malina improved to 5-0 for the season with an 8-0 win over David Doverspike and Lee Floyd of Appalachian State.

CofC then won four out of the six singles matches for the victory.  #112 Or Dekel, won his eighth singles match of the season by defeating Trent Constantine of App. State, 6-4, 6-0.  Omer Abramovich of CofC stayed undefeated for the season and improved his singles record to 8-0 with a win over Lee Floyd, 6-0, 6-4.  Marcos Digliodo and Malina won the other singles matches for the Cougars.

CofC will return to action on Mar. 17 against #43 Elon (12-2, 3-0 SoCon) in Elon, N.C. beginning at 1 p.m.  Appalachian State will return to the court on Mar. 16 against The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. beginning at 1 p.m.

Here were the final results from the match:

Appalachian State vs. College of Charleston

Mar 15, 2007 at Mt. Pleasant, S.C.

College of Charleston 5, Appalachian State 2

 Singles competition

1. #112 Or Dekel (COFC) def. Trent Constance (ASU) 6-4, 6-0

2. Marcos DiGliodo (COFC) def. Ryan Brookshaw (ASU) 7-6, 6-4

3. Justin Malina (COFC) def. Dimitar Dimitrov (ASU) 6-3, 6-1

4. Omer Abramovich (COFC) def. Lee Floyd (ASU) 6-0, 6-4

5. Peter Jacobs (ASU) def. Perry Allen (COFC) 7-5, 4-6, 1-0

6. David Doverspike (ASU) def. Jimmy Petit (COFC) 6-3, 6-2

 Doubles competition

1. DiGliodo/Dekel (COFC) def. Dimitrov/Brookshaw (ASU) 8-3

2. Abramovich/Allen (COFC) def. Jacobs/Constance (ASU) 8-6

3. Petit/Malina (COFC) def. Doverspike/Floyd (ASU) 8-0