Box Score CORAL GABLES, FLA. – The College of Charleston men's tennis team (3-4) forced Miami (6-2) into multiple third sets and tiebreaks on Friday night, but the Hurricanes were too strong in the end, defeating the Cougars 7-0.
Alec Angradi and
Youssef Dabbabi put up a strong fight in doubles play, but ultimately fell 6-4 on court two and allowed Miami to take the point.
Juan Estevarena and
Benedikt Henning were locked in a tight clash with Adria Soriano and Bojan Jankulovski on court one, but the decision of the point caused the match to be left unfinished knotted up at 4-4.
Miami won in decisive fashion on three courts to seal the win, but the Cougars played strong in their remaining three encounters.
Benedikt Henning fell 6-2 in his opening set of flight two against Soriano, but went down battling, only falling as the result of a 7-6(4) tiebreak. On court five,
Easton Thomas was the only Cougar to win his opening set, but ultimately fell to Nicolas Genovese 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Juan Estevarena rounded things out with a heroic effort on court one against Christian Langmo. After falling 6-3 in the first set, Estevarena battled back to force a tiebreak in the second set, winning it 7-2. With the match decided, the two moved on to a super tiebreak, which Langmo narrowly prevailed in by way of a 10-7 win.
The Cougars will remain on the road for their next three matches. They'll close out the month of February on the 28
th against North Florida.
Miami 7, CofC 0
SINGLES
Christian Langmo (UM) def.
Juan Estevarena (CofC) ~ 6-3, 6-7(2), 10-7
Adria Soriano (UM) def.
Benedikt Henning (CofC) ~ 6-2, 7-6(4)
Bojan Jankulovski (UM) def.
Ryan Kahn (CofC) ~ 6-4, 6-1
Dane Dunlap (UM) def.
Alec Angradi (CofC) ~ 6-4, 6-2
Nicolas Genovese (UM) def.
Easton Thomas (CofC) ~ 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
Tatsuki Shimamoto (UM) def.
Fernando Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 6-1, 6-3
Order of Finish: 6, 4, 2*, 3, 5, 1
DOUBLES
Estevarena/Henning (CofC) vs. Soriano/Jankulovski (UM) ~ 4-4, DNF
Aycart/Clark (UM) def. Angradi/Dabbabi (CofC) ~ 6-4
Langmo/Dunlap (UM) def. Pociej/Ramirez Lascurian (CofC) ~ 6-1
Order of Finish: 3, 2*
