Tuesday, March 12
Charleston, S.C.
3:00 PM
College of Charleston
5
vs
2
Radford
Cougars Make It Four Straight With Victory Over Radford
3/12/2019 9:33:00 PM | Men's Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The College of Charleston men's tennis team made it four wins in a row with a convincing, 5-2, victory over Radford on Tuesday afternoon at Patriots Point. Senior Benedikt Henning led the Cougars by racking up his 11th straight victory in the number one singles spot, Charleston moving to 12-2 on the season with the win.
The Cougars and Highlanders went the distance in doubles action. No. 54 ITA/Oracle doubles duo of Henning and Johnny Wang clinched the point with a tiebreaking 7-6 win on court two, moving to 7-2 on the season as a partnership, 7-1 on court two.
Robby Krick and Ben Cawston continued their strong form with a 6-4 victory on court three to set up Henning and Wang to clinch, Easton Thomas and Ksawery Pociej falling to Radford on court one.
Henning continued his dominating singles form with a straight sets win on court number one. The senior defeating Yevhen Sirous of the Highlanders 6-3, 6-4, for his 11th straight number one singles victory and fourth in four days.
Freshman Cawston won his fourth straight match in the number three spot, moving to 8-1 on the season. The Tazmania, Australia, native knocking off Meekers of Radford 6-4, 6-3, while Pociej also won in straight sets on court five with a 6-1, 6-1, win over Lasselle of the Highlanders.
Thomas was the other Cougar to pick up a singles win. The junior battling back from an opening set 2-6, loss to take the second 6-2. Rodrigo Magalhaes pushed Thomas all the way but Thomas pulled out a 7-5 third set to confirm a 5-2 victory for Charleston.
Thomas and the Cougars now look to a Thursday afternoon matchup against UT-Chattanooga at Patriots Point, first serve is set for 3 p.m.
Quotable – Head Coach Jay Bruner
"This team is getting opportunities to rise up in big moments and compete together… Doubles came down to a tiebreaker and we picked up our focus to finish… We are learning from each other and have another month to get more fit [for the CAA Championships]… We knew Radford would be a challenge and it was a good competition today."
Results
Doubles
Sirous/Magalhaes (RAD) def. Thomas/Pociej (CofC), 6-4
#54 Henning/Wang (CofC) def. Caldwell/Meekers (RAD), 7-6 (1-0)
Krick/Cawston (CofC) def. Silva/Varga (RAD), 6-4
Singles
Henning (CofC) def. Sirous (RAD), 6-3, 6-4
Thomas (CofC) def. Magalhaes (RAD), 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Cawston (CofC) def. Meekers (RAD), 6-4, 6-3
Caldwell (RAD) def. Wang (CofC), 7-5, 6-4
Pociej (CofC) def. Lasselle (RAD), 6-1, 6-1
Varga (RAD) def. Krick (CofC), 7-5, 6-2
The Cougars and Highlanders went the distance in doubles action. No. 54 ITA/Oracle doubles duo of Henning and Johnny Wang clinched the point with a tiebreaking 7-6 win on court two, moving to 7-2 on the season as a partnership, 7-1 on court two.
Robby Krick and Ben Cawston continued their strong form with a 6-4 victory on court three to set up Henning and Wang to clinch, Easton Thomas and Ksawery Pociej falling to Radford on court one.
Henning continued his dominating singles form with a straight sets win on court number one. The senior defeating Yevhen Sirous of the Highlanders 6-3, 6-4, for his 11th straight number one singles victory and fourth in four days.
Freshman Cawston won his fourth straight match in the number three spot, moving to 8-1 on the season. The Tazmania, Australia, native knocking off Meekers of Radford 6-4, 6-3, while Pociej also won in straight sets on court five with a 6-1, 6-1, win over Lasselle of the Highlanders.
Thomas was the other Cougar to pick up a singles win. The junior battling back from an opening set 2-6, loss to take the second 6-2. Rodrigo Magalhaes pushed Thomas all the way but Thomas pulled out a 7-5 third set to confirm a 5-2 victory for Charleston.
Thomas and the Cougars now look to a Thursday afternoon matchup against UT-Chattanooga at Patriots Point, first serve is set for 3 p.m.
Quotable – Head Coach Jay Bruner
"This team is getting opportunities to rise up in big moments and compete together… Doubles came down to a tiebreaker and we picked up our focus to finish… We are learning from each other and have another month to get more fit [for the CAA Championships]… We knew Radford would be a challenge and it was a good competition today."
Results
Doubles
Sirous/Magalhaes (RAD) def. Thomas/Pociej (CofC), 6-4
#54 Henning/Wang (CofC) def. Caldwell/Meekers (RAD), 7-6 (1-0)
Krick/Cawston (CofC) def. Silva/Varga (RAD), 6-4
Singles
Henning (CofC) def. Sirous (RAD), 6-3, 6-4
Thomas (CofC) def. Magalhaes (RAD), 2-6, 6-2, 7-5
Cawston (CofC) def. Meekers (RAD), 6-4, 6-3
Caldwell (RAD) def. Wang (CofC), 7-5, 6-4
Pociej (CofC) def. Lasselle (RAD), 6-1, 6-1
Varga (RAD) def. Krick (CofC), 7-5, 6-2
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
12
Yevhen Sirous / 0 [RAD]
34
66
#2 Singles Match
123
Rodrigo Magalhaes / 0 [RAD]
625
267
#3 Singles Match
12
Michiel Meekers / 0 [RAD]
43
66
#4 Singles Match
12
Alexandros Caldwell / 0 [RAD]
76
54
#5 Singles Match
12
PO Lassalle / 0 [RAD]
11
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Matko Varga / 0 [RAD]
76
52
Order of Finish:
5,1,3,4,6,2
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