CLEMSON, S.C. – No. 51-ranked Clemson defeated the College of Charleston men's tennis team, 7-0, on Sunday afternoon at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center.

The Cougars (1-1) made the Tigers (8-2) earn each point extending two singles matches into three sets at the No. 3 and No. 6 positions and won one of three doubles matches on the day.

Junior Tom Delme (Hamoir, Belgium) and sophomore Stephen Hardy (Fairfax, Va.), a transfer from James Madison, topped Clemson's Cal Hilsman and Robert Pietrucha, 8-2, at No. 3 doubles, to improve to an undefeated 2-0 on the season with a doubles victory over Gardner-Webb in the team's spring season opener on Jan. 30.

The Cougars will return to action with a pair of road matches at UNC Charlotte in Charlotte, N.C., and Winston-Salem State in Winston-Salem, N.C., on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 9 a.m. (ET) and 2:30 p.m. (ET) respectively.

(51) CLEMSON 7, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 0
Feb. 12, 2011
Hoke Sloan Tennis Center
at Clemson, S.C.

SINGLES
No. 1 – Yannick Maden (Clemson) def. Lukas Koncilia (CofC), 6-1, 6-4.
No. 2 – Derek DiFazio (Clemson) def. Mickael Trintignac (CofC), 6-2, 6-4.
No. 3 – Kevin Galloway (Clemson) def. Kyle Parker (CofC), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.
No. 4 – Gerardo Meza (Clemson) def. Tom Delme (CofC), 6-2, 6-3.
No. 5 – Dominique Maden (Clemson) def. Mickael Boyer (CofC), 6-2, 6-2.
No. 6 – Wesley Moran (Clemson) def. Bryan Roberts (CofC), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (5).

DOUBLES
No. 1 – DiFazio-Galloway (Clemson) def. Koncilia-Parker (CofC), 8-5.
No. 2 – Maden-Zachary Rigsby (Clemson) def. Boyer-Trintignac (CofC), 8-6.
No. 3 – Delme-Stephen Hardy (CofC) def. Cal Hilsman-Robert Pietrucha (Clemson), 8-2.