College of Charleston men?s tennis faces off with Georgia Southern
3/14/2010 1:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Riding a four-match winning streak, the College of Charleston (6-2, 2-0) men's tennis team returns to Southern Conference action when they face Georgia Southern (4-8, 0-2). Slated for a 12 p.m. start, the match will take place at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. on Sunday, March 14.
Team Capsules
College of Charleston Cougars (6-2, 2-0)
The Cougars enter the key SoCon match against the Eagles having won five of their last six contests, including the last four in a row.
Since a 5-2 loss at No. 64 Clemson on February 21, the College of Charleston has been one of the hottest teams in the Southern Conference, opening the league season 2-0 with victories at Chattanooga (6-1) and Samford (5-2) and posting victories over Boston College (5-2) and East Carolina (4-3) of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Conference-USA, respectively. Highlighting that stretch, CofC snapped Samford's six-match winning streak and defeated an East Carolina team that was 10-2 last match.
In the match against the Pirates, the College of Charleston took the early lead by earning the doubles point with victories in two of the three matches. That decision was capped off with a tie-breaker at the No. 1 spot as junior Lukas Koncilia (Tyrol, Austria) and sophomore Tom Delme (Hamoir, Belgium) battled to a 10-8 victory.
ECU rebounded to take a 3-1 lead behind victories at the fourth, fifth and sixth spots before Delme broke that string with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the No. 3 spot to make it 3-2 sophomore Mickael Trintignac (Le Cannet, France) then tied the match at 3-3 with his 6-0, 6-2 decision at No. 2.
That, once again, left Koncilia with an opportunity for a deciding victory, this time for the match with his competition at the No. 1 spot. Following a 6-3 win in the first set, he then posted a commanding 6-1 victory in the second set to clinch a 4-3 win for the Cougars.
Individually, Trintignac has won his last four singles matches from the No. 2 spot and four consecutive doubles competitions from the No. 3 spot. He is 6-4 on the season in singles while Delme leads the team with a 7-3 record, 6-2 in dual competition. Koncilia, facing the opponent's top performer at the No. 1 spot, is 5-5 overall with a 5-3 mark in dual matches.
The pairing of Delme and Koncilia are 6-2 in doubles play this season while Koncilia and Trintignac each have 7-4 records in their overall doubles competition.
CofC Probable Lineup
Singles
1. Lukas Koncilia
2. Mickael Trintignac
3. Tom Delme
4. Mickael Boyer
5. John Harden
6. Chris Toussaint
Doubles
1. Tom Delme/Lukas Koncilia
2. Billy Kenny/Steven Myers
3. Mickael Trintignac/Mickael Boyer
Georgia Southern Eagles (4-8, 0-2)
Georgia Southern enters the match following the postponement of their match against Furman on March 10 due to heavy rains. The Eagles are 4-8 having defeated Florida Gulf Coast (6-1), Bethune-Cookman (7-0), Hampton (7-0) and Jacksonville (6-1) while dropping decisions to Florida State (6-0) and Georgia Tech (5-2). They have lost their first two Southern Conference matches with 5-2 defeats at the hands of Elon and Wofford.
Alain Garrido (7-4) and J. Melian Puigventos (7-2) lead the Eagles with seven singles victories apiece while Matthijs Verdam is 5-7. Jayraj Jadeja is the lead single player from the No. 1 position and currently holds a 4-8 mark this season.
In doubles play, Garrido and Verdam have combined for a 3-4 record while Justin Flynn and Jadeja are 2-8, having played the most matches together.
GSU Probable Lineup
Singles
1. Jayraj Jadeja
2. J. Melian Puigventos
3. Gregory Bekkers
4. Alain Garrido
5. Matthijs Verdam
6. Justin Flynn
Doubles
1. Gregory Bekkers/J. Melian Puigventos
2. Justin Flynn/Jayraj Jadeja
3. Alain Garrido/Matthijs Verdam
Team Capsules
College of Charleston Cougars (6-2, 2-0)
The Cougars enter the key SoCon match against the Eagles having won five of their last six contests, including the last four in a row.
Since a 5-2 loss at No. 64 Clemson on February 21, the College of Charleston has been one of the hottest teams in the Southern Conference, opening the league season 2-0 with victories at Chattanooga (6-1) and Samford (5-2) and posting victories over Boston College (5-2) and East Carolina (4-3) of the Atlantic Coast Conference and Conference-USA, respectively. Highlighting that stretch, CofC snapped Samford's six-match winning streak and defeated an East Carolina team that was 10-2 last match.
In the match against the Pirates, the College of Charleston took the early lead by earning the doubles point with victories in two of the three matches. That decision was capped off with a tie-breaker at the No. 1 spot as junior Lukas Koncilia (Tyrol, Austria) and sophomore Tom Delme (Hamoir, Belgium) battled to a 10-8 victory.
ECU rebounded to take a 3-1 lead behind victories at the fourth, fifth and sixth spots before Delme broke that string with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at the No. 3 spot to make it 3-2 sophomore Mickael Trintignac (Le Cannet, France) then tied the match at 3-3 with his 6-0, 6-2 decision at No. 2.
That, once again, left Koncilia with an opportunity for a deciding victory, this time for the match with his competition at the No. 1 spot. Following a 6-3 win in the first set, he then posted a commanding 6-1 victory in the second set to clinch a 4-3 win for the Cougars.
Individually, Trintignac has won his last four singles matches from the No. 2 spot and four consecutive doubles competitions from the No. 3 spot. He is 6-4 on the season in singles while Delme leads the team with a 7-3 record, 6-2 in dual competition. Koncilia, facing the opponent's top performer at the No. 1 spot, is 5-5 overall with a 5-3 mark in dual matches.
The pairing of Delme and Koncilia are 6-2 in doubles play this season while Koncilia and Trintignac each have 7-4 records in their overall doubles competition.
CofC Probable Lineup
Singles
1. Lukas Koncilia
2. Mickael Trintignac
3. Tom Delme
4. Mickael Boyer
5. John Harden
6. Chris Toussaint
Doubles
1. Tom Delme/Lukas Koncilia
2. Billy Kenny/Steven Myers
3. Mickael Trintignac/Mickael Boyer
Georgia Southern Eagles (4-8, 0-2)
Georgia Southern enters the match following the postponement of their match against Furman on March 10 due to heavy rains. The Eagles are 4-8 having defeated Florida Gulf Coast (6-1), Bethune-Cookman (7-0), Hampton (7-0) and Jacksonville (6-1) while dropping decisions to Florida State (6-0) and Georgia Tech (5-2). They have lost their first two Southern Conference matches with 5-2 defeats at the hands of Elon and Wofford.
Alain Garrido (7-4) and J. Melian Puigventos (7-2) lead the Eagles with seven singles victories apiece while Matthijs Verdam is 5-7. Jayraj Jadeja is the lead single player from the No. 1 position and currently holds a 4-8 mark this season.
In doubles play, Garrido and Verdam have combined for a 3-4 record while Justin Flynn and Jadeja are 2-8, having played the most matches together.
GSU Probable Lineup
Singles
1. Jayraj Jadeja
2. J. Melian Puigventos
3. Gregory Bekkers
4. Alain Garrido
5. Matthijs Verdam
6. Justin Flynn
Doubles
1. Gregory Bekkers/J. Melian Puigventos
2. Justin Flynn/Jayraj Jadeja
3. Alain Garrido/Matthijs Verdam
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