Tuesday, February 21
Blacksburg, VA - Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center
1:30 PM
College of Charleston
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Virginia Tech
Photo by: CofCSports.com
Cougars Overcome by VT 7-0 in Blacksburg
2/21/2017 4:35:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Blacksburg, Va. – The College of Charleston suffered a 7-0 setback to Virginia Tech on Tuesday, falling to 4-3 on the season.
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The Cougars dropped a pair of 6-2 matches in the second and third sets of doubles. Juan Estevarena and Vasily Kichigin looked poised to pull off the win in the top flight with a 5-3 lead over Abraham Asaba and Jai Corbett. However, once with the doubles point concluded, the match was left unfinished.
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Jake Kusmider made collegiate tennis history in the sixth flight, becoming the first player to use the Playsight video system to successfully a challenge a call, which led to a game-winning point. However, the freshman ultimately couldn't withstand Freddy Mesmer, falling 6-3, 6-4.
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The Cougars saw tight matches in all of the top three singles flights. Juan Estevarena played the No. 49 ranked Jai Corbett tightly before falling 7-5, 6-3. Benedikt Henning took Alex Ribeiro to a tiebreak before succumbing 6-4, 7-6(1), while Kichigin played Mitch Harper to three sets before going down 7-6, 1-6, 10-4.
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The Cougars are finished with competition for the remainder of February. They will return to action on March 5th and 7th for a two-match swing in Louisiana with Nicholls State and New Orleans.
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Virginia Tech 7, CofC 0
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SINGLES
No. 49 Jai Corbett (VT) vs. Juan Estevarena (CofC) ~ 7-5, 6-3
Alex Ribeiro (VT) vs. Benedikt Henning (CofC) ~ 6-4, 7-6(1)
Mitch Harper (VT) vs. Vasily Kichigin (CofC) ~ 7-6, 1-6, 10-4
Jason Kros (VT) vs. Fernando Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 6-3, 6-2
Feliksas Sakalauskas (VT) vs. Ryan Khan (CofC) ~ 6-2, 6-2
Freddy Mesmer (VT) def. Jake Kusmider (CofC) ~ 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3
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DOUBLES
Estevarena/Kichigin (CofC) vs. Asaba/Corbett (VT) ~ 5-3 (Unf.)
Harper/Ribeiro (VT) def. Henning/Thomas (CofC) ~ 6-2
Kros/Mesmer (VT) def. Lascurian/L. Kusmider (CofC) ~ 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2
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The Cougars dropped a pair of 6-2 matches in the second and third sets of doubles. Juan Estevarena and Vasily Kichigin looked poised to pull off the win in the top flight with a 5-3 lead over Abraham Asaba and Jai Corbett. However, once with the doubles point concluded, the match was left unfinished.
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Jake Kusmider made collegiate tennis history in the sixth flight, becoming the first player to use the Playsight video system to successfully a challenge a call, which led to a game-winning point. However, the freshman ultimately couldn't withstand Freddy Mesmer, falling 6-3, 6-4.
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The Cougars saw tight matches in all of the top three singles flights. Juan Estevarena played the No. 49 ranked Jai Corbett tightly before falling 7-5, 6-3. Benedikt Henning took Alex Ribeiro to a tiebreak before succumbing 6-4, 7-6(1), while Kichigin played Mitch Harper to three sets before going down 7-6, 1-6, 10-4.
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The Cougars are finished with competition for the remainder of February. They will return to action on March 5th and 7th for a two-match swing in Louisiana with Nicholls State and New Orleans.
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Virginia Tech 7, CofC 0
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SINGLES
No. 49 Jai Corbett (VT) vs. Juan Estevarena (CofC) ~ 7-5, 6-3
Alex Ribeiro (VT) vs. Benedikt Henning (CofC) ~ 6-4, 7-6(1)
Mitch Harper (VT) vs. Vasily Kichigin (CofC) ~ 7-6, 1-6, 10-4
Jason Kros (VT) vs. Fernando Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 6-3, 6-2
Feliksas Sakalauskas (VT) vs. Ryan Khan (CofC) ~ 6-2, 6-2
Freddy Mesmer (VT) def. Jake Kusmider (CofC) ~ 6-3, 6-4
Order of Finish: 4, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3
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DOUBLES
Estevarena/Kichigin (CofC) vs. Asaba/Corbett (VT) ~ 5-3 (Unf.)
Harper/Ribeiro (VT) def. Henning/Thomas (CofC) ~ 6-2
Kros/Mesmer (VT) def. Lascurian/L. Kusmider (CofC) ~ 6-2
Order of Finish: 3, 2
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