College of Charleston
Drexel
Charleston Stymies Drexel, 5-2
3/23/2016 1:12:00 AM | Men's Tennis
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. – The newly anointed No. 66 ranked tandem of Rodrigo Encinas and Juan Estevarena lead the College of Charleston men's tennis team to a win over Colonial Athletic Association rival Drexel, 5-2, on Tuesday.
The Cougars (10-5) entered the contest looking for their second CAA win this season, and has their sights set on a Drexel team (9-5) that has won its last match against Saint Peters on March 12.
Just hours before the match, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association released it's weekly rankings, and for the first time this season, Charleston's No. 1 doubles team of Rodrigo Encinas and Juan Estevarena cracked the top 100 in the doubles pairings.
Encinas and Estevarena had won 10 of their 13 matches as a unit this season, and added another win against the Dragons, 6-2, in the No. 1 doubles flight. The Cougars swept Drexel in all three doubles, taking the doubles point handily.
In the singles competition, The College secured the win with four straight-set wins in the No. 1-4 singles matches. Encinas' win in the No. 2 flight was his sixth win in a row and 10th of the season.
The College will continue their midweek home-stand on Wednesday, March 22 against DePaul at the Tennis Complex at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant.
Charleston 5, Drexel 2
Doubles
1. Juan Estevarena/Rodrigo Encinas (COFC) def Hamza Laalej/Daniil Ginzburg (DREX) 6-2
2. Josh Record/Vasily Kichigin (COFC) def. Kashyap Ashok/Sinan Orhon (DREX) 6-1
3. Charlie Ghriskey/Zack Lewis (COFC) def. Xabier Saavedra/Balaji Lakshmanan (DREX) 6-3
Singles
1. Juan Estevarena (COFCM) def. Xabier Saavedra (DREX) 6-0, 6-1
2. Rodrigo Encinas (COFCM) def. Andrew Sinai (DREX) 6-2, 6-1
3. Charlie Ghriskey (COFCM) def. Hamza Laalej (DREX) 6-3, 6-1
4. Zack Lewis (COFCM) def. Balaji Lakshmanan (DREX) 6-3, 7-6
5. Sinan Orhon (DREX) def. Vasily Kichigin (COFCM) 3-6, 6-2, 1-0
6. Daniil Ginzburg (DREX) def. Ryan Khan (COFCM) 7-5, 7-5
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