DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. – The College of Charleston men's tennis team improved to 3-0 on the season Friday, handing Bethune-Cookman (0-5) the 5-2 defeat on the road.
 
For the third straight match, the Cougars swept through doubles play without suffering a loss. Both the Kusmider brothers in the third flight and the duo of Benedikt Henning and Easton Thomas in the second flight pushed their doubles records to 3-0 with 7-5 and 6-3 respectively.
 
Ryan Khan turned in a near-effortless performance in the fifth flight, beating Pablo Lopez 6-0, 6-1. Juan Estevarena had nearly as easy a time in top flight singles, vanquishing Greg Almeida 6-0, 6-2.
 
CofC rounded out the victory with a 6-1, 6-3 win from Benedikt Henning in the second flight and a 6-1, 6-4 win from Vasily Kichigin in the third flight.
 
Though it didn't result in a Cougar win, the most exciting matchup came from Fernando Lascurian and Juan Diego Ruiz in the sixth flight. The two played evenly in the first set, and after a tiebreak, Lascurian went up 1-0 in the match with a 7-6(8) win. Ruiz bounced back with a 6-3 win in the second set to tie things at 1-1, and then took the super tiebreak 10-4 to seal the match.
 
The Cougars have two games on the docket the next day in Tallahassee, where they will play Florida A&M at 11 a.m. and Florida State at 3 p.m. on Saturday.
 
CofC 5, Bethune-Cookman 2
 
SINGLES
Juan Estevarena (CofC) def. Greg Almeida (BCU) – 6-0, 6-2
Benedikt Henning (CofC) def. Jose Plazas (BCU) – 6-1, 6-3
Vasily Kichigin (CofC) def. David Ocampo (BCU) – 6-1, 6-4
Alvaro Barrera (BCU) def. Rodrigo Encinas (CofC) – 6-2, 6-4
Ryan Khan (CofC) def. Pablo Lopez (BCU) – 6-0, 6-1
Juan Diego Ruiz (BCU) def. Fernando Lascurian (CofC) – 6-7(8), 6-3, 10-4
 
DOUBLES
Estevarena/Encinas (CofC) def. Almeida/Plazas (BCU) – 6-3
Henning/Thomas (CofC) def. Ruiz/Ocampo (BCU) – 6-3
Kusmider/Kusmider (CofC) def. Barrera/Lopez (BCU) – 7-5