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 11^th 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 11^th 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