Cougars Drop Decision to Tigers in Men?s Tennis

CLEMSON, S.C. – College of Charleston men's tennis fell to 64th-ranked Clemson, 5-2, on Tuesday evening at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center.

The Tigers (5-0) claimed the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and 3 spots. Charleston's top-seeded pair of junior Lukas Koncilia (Tyrol, Austria/Franciscian) and sophomore Tom Delme (Hamoir, Belgium/Athenne Royale Margueritte Bervoets) handed Derek DiFazio and Rok Bizjak their first loss in four matches. In a tight match, the CofC duo escaped with an 8-7 victory after winning the tiebreaker.

Koncilia picked up a point for the Cougars as the top seed in singles competition. After losing the first set to Derek DiFazio, he rebounded to win the next two sets 6-1, 6-4. Koncilia is unbeaten in dual matches this season in both singles and doubles action.

Senior Joe Nicolazzi (St. Louis, Mo./New Mexico) also earned a point for Charleston with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Juan Bolona at the No. 6 spot.

College of Charleston (1-1) travels to Florida for two matches this weekend. The Cougars will face Bethune-Cookman on Friday at 2 p.m. in Daytona before moving on to Jacksonville for a Sunday morning match against North Florida.

Doubles:
1. Tom Delme/Lukas Koncilia (CofC) def. Rok Bizjak/Derek DiFazio (CLEM) 8-7 (7-4)
2. Carlos Alvarez/Juan Bolona (CLEM) def. Mickael Boyer/Mickael Trintignac (CofC) 8-4
3. Kevin Galloway/Wesley Moran (CLEM) def. John Harden/Billy Kenny (CofC) 8-3

Singles:
1. Lukas Koncilia (CofC) def. Derek DiFazio (CLEM) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
2. Rok Bizjak (CLEM) def. Mickael Trintignac (CofC) 6-2, 6-0
3. Carlos Alvarez (CLEM) def. Tom Delme (CofC) 6-4, 6-3
4. Kevin Galloway (CLEM) def. Mickael Boyer (CofC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Zachary Rigsby (CLEM) def. John Harden (CofC) 6-1, 6-1
6. Joe Nicolazzi (CofC) def. Juan Bolona (CLEM) 6-2, 6-3

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