Saturday, April 22
Elon, N.C. - Jimmy Powell Tennis Center
1:40 PM
College of Charleston
2
vs
4
UNCW
Photo by: CofCSports.com
Late Push Not Enough, Cougars Fall 4-2 to UNCW
4/22/2017 5:54:00 PM | Men's Tennis
ELON, N.C. – Despite a spirited comeback effort, the College of Charleston men's tennis team (14-8) couldn't quite reach the promised land against No. 1 seed UNCW (13-8), falling 4-2 in the CAA Semifinals.
The two teams opened things up battling over a hotly contested doubles point. The Seahawks came out firing on court two, where they earned a 6-1 victory.
Juan Estevarena and Rodrigo Encinas responded with a 6-3 victory on court one, setting up a decisive flight three showdown between Vasily Kichigin and Bendikt Henning of CofC and Gabe Hocevar and Michael Copeland of UNCW. The Cougars got out to a 6-5 lead, but UNCW fought back, forced a tiebreak and prevailed 7-6(3) to capture the point.
UNCW carried the momentum over to singles play, scoring the first win of the day on court six to go up 2-0. The Seahawks put the Cougars on the 3-0 brink not long after, winning 6-1, 6-4 on court four.
The Cougars got a spark of life in the first flight, where Estevarena battled past Andres Torres for the 6-4, 6-4 win. Not long afterword, Henning secured a 7-5, 6-2 win in the second flight, and suddenly it was a 3-2 contest.
That left a pair of third sets to decide the day. Vasily Kichigin had won 7-6(5) on court five, and was only down 2-0 in the third, but that never came to fruition, as Fernando Ramirez Lascurian surrendered the winning point by a score of 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
The Seahawks will go on to face William & Mary in the CAA Championship on Sunday.
UNCW 4, CofC 2
SINGLES
Juan Estevarena (CofC) def. Andres Torres (UNCW) ~ 6-4, 6-4
Benedikt Henning (CofC) def. Agustin Savarino (UNCW) ~ 7-5, 6-2
Vasily Kichigin (CofC) vs. Ignasi de Rueda (UNCW) ~ 7-6(5), 3-6, 0-2 DNF
Raphael Calzi (UNCW) def. Rodrigo Encinas (CofC) ~ 6-1, 6-4
Daniel Groom (UNCW) def. Fernando Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Michael Copeland (UNCW) def. Alec Angradi (CofC) ~ 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1, 2, 5*
DOUBLES
Estevarena/Encinas (CofC) def. Savarino/de Rueda (UNCW) ~ 6-3
Torres/Morphy (UNCW) def. Angradi/Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 6-1
Hocevar/Copeland (UNCW) def. Henning/Kichigin (CofC) ~ 7-6(3)
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3*
The two teams opened things up battling over a hotly contested doubles point. The Seahawks came out firing on court two, where they earned a 6-1 victory.
Juan Estevarena and Rodrigo Encinas responded with a 6-3 victory on court one, setting up a decisive flight three showdown between Vasily Kichigin and Bendikt Henning of CofC and Gabe Hocevar and Michael Copeland of UNCW. The Cougars got out to a 6-5 lead, but UNCW fought back, forced a tiebreak and prevailed 7-6(3) to capture the point.
UNCW carried the momentum over to singles play, scoring the first win of the day on court six to go up 2-0. The Seahawks put the Cougars on the 3-0 brink not long after, winning 6-1, 6-4 on court four.
The Cougars got a spark of life in the first flight, where Estevarena battled past Andres Torres for the 6-4, 6-4 win. Not long afterword, Henning secured a 7-5, 6-2 win in the second flight, and suddenly it was a 3-2 contest.
That left a pair of third sets to decide the day. Vasily Kichigin had won 7-6(5) on court five, and was only down 2-0 in the third, but that never came to fruition, as Fernando Ramirez Lascurian surrendered the winning point by a score of 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
The Seahawks will go on to face William & Mary in the CAA Championship on Sunday.
UNCW 4, CofC 2
SINGLES
Juan Estevarena (CofC) def. Andres Torres (UNCW) ~ 6-4, 6-4
Benedikt Henning (CofC) def. Agustin Savarino (UNCW) ~ 7-5, 6-2
Vasily Kichigin (CofC) vs. Ignasi de Rueda (UNCW) ~ 7-6(5), 3-6, 0-2 DNF
Raphael Calzi (UNCW) def. Rodrigo Encinas (CofC) ~ 6-1, 6-4
Daniel Groom (UNCW) def. Fernando Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 7-5, 4-6, 6-4
Michael Copeland (UNCW) def. Alec Angradi (CofC) ~ 6-3, 6-2
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 1, 2, 5*
DOUBLES
Estevarena/Encinas (CofC) def. Savarino/de Rueda (UNCW) ~ 6-3
Torres/Morphy (UNCW) def. Angradi/Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 6-1
Hocevar/Copeland (UNCW) def. Henning/Kichigin (CofC) ~ 7-6(3)
Order of Finish: 2, 1, 3*
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