CHARLESTON, S.C.- The College of Charleston men's tennis team fell in a tight matchup on Sunday afternoon, 4-3.
 
The Cougars started strong, sweeping all the doubles court.
 
Continuing their dominance, Charleston won the first three sets in singles before Delaware began to catch up. The Blue Hens tied the match 3-3, leaving the winner to be decided by court 4. Delaware came away with the win in a pair of nail-biting 7-6 sets.
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"Today was a great effort from the team," says Head Coach Jay Bruner. "We played with focus and positive energy in doubles and cam out confident in singles. In big moments, we need to trust what we did to get there."
 
DOUBLES
 
1 Mattia Bernardi and Eddie Vo (CofC) def.Karol Malirz and Javier Ruiz (DEL)6-3
2 Matias Gaedechens and Ju Diego Rojas Mora (CofC) def.Tobey Lock and Euan Mackenzie (DEL)6-4
3 Jordyn Larke and Zac Larke (CofC) def.Alexandre Gluck and Ids Waterbolk (DEL)6-3
 
SINGLES
 
1 Karol Malirz (DEL) def. Mattia Bernardi (CofC) 6-4 6-3
2 Javier Ruiz (DEL) def. Zac Larke (CofC) 7-6 6-1
3 Matias Gaedechens (CofC) def. Tobey Lock (DEL) 7-5 6-2
4 Alexandre Gluck (DEL) def. Eddie Vo (CofC) 7-6 7-6
5 Udayan Bhakar (DEL) def. Jordyn Larke (CofC) 2-6 6-3 6-4
6 Ju Diego Rojas Mora (CofC) def. Ismail Saadi (DEL) 7-6 2-6 6-4
 
Up Next
 
The Cougars will continue conference play at Patriots Point, taking on Drexel on Wednesday, March 27.