Thomas Leads Cougars at ITA Regional

Saturday, October 13

Cary, N.C. - Duke University

College of Charleston

ITA Carolina Regional

Photo by: CofCSports.com

10/14/2018 11:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis

ITA Singles Draw ITA Singles Consolation ITA Doubles Draw

CARY, N.C. - Easton Thomas led the College of the Charleston men's tennis team at the ITA Regional in Cary, N.C., with a 3-1 weekend in singles action. Three other Cougars also competed including Andre Limon who went 2-2, Benedikt Henning who finished 1-1 and Johnny Wang who ended 0-2.

Thomas led the Cougars in singles action, picking up wins over Nicolas Arduh of NCAT 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-1, on Friday. He then followed up with a 7-6 (5), 7-5 victory over Dustin Werner of Campbell on Saturday and a 6-4, 6-4 win over Henrik Atlevi of Furman on Sunday.

Senior Bendikt Henning began singles action on Friday, opening the set with a 5-0 lead over Luiz Faria of Coastal Carolina before retiring from action. In doubles action Henning and Thomas teamed up to defeat Giusca/Vialmin of Clemson 6-3, 6-3 before dropping the next matchup against Christoforou/Keist of UNCC 6-0, 6-3.

Limon opened singles play with a close loss to Yash Parikh of Davision 7-5, 7-6 (4) before bouncing back with two wins in the consolation bracket over Joseph Schrader of NCSU (6-2, 6-1) and James Roelofse of Furman (6-3, 2-6, 6-2).

Wang finished 0-2 on the weekend after dropping the Friday opener to Nico Grewe of UNCG 6-4, 6-1 before dropping the Saturday consolation bracket opener to Kyle Frankel of Elon 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Head coach Jay Bruner and his squad now look to the Charleston Challenge Oct. 26 - 28, held at the Tennis Complex at Patriots Point.

Quotables - Head Coach Jay Bruner
"It was great exposure for our team to see that we can compete with the best teams in the region. We had to work in each match to play smart and work for our strengths. I thought we out competed our opponents in more situations than we did just a few weeks ago... We are looking forward to our home tournament where we can all compete at the same time."