Pirates Close Fall Season At Charleston Invitational

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Sophomore James Ling was the only Pirate to win his singles flight as the East Carolina men's tennis team concluded its 2016 fall season at the College of Charleston Invitational.

"This was a great event for us to end the fall with," Head Coach Shawn Heinchon said. We had some mixed results for the weekend, but played a lot of quality matches. It was a great gauge for what we need to improve on before we get into our spring dual match season."

Ling earned a pair of victories in flight No. 4 of the singles draw, including a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4, triumph over Georgia Southern's Artemie Amari on Friday, Nov. 11, before outlasting the host team's Jake Kusmider, 6-3, 6-1, the following day. He also teamed up with senior Fredric Lehfeldt for a 1-1 record in doubles play.

Ling concludes the fall campaign tied with sophomore Vlad Anghel with a team-best 6-3 singles mark.

East Carolina will begin its 2017 dual match season at home on Friday, Jan. 20 at 2:30 p.m., against N.C. Central.

Tournament Results
Charleston Invitational
Nov 11-12, 2016 at Charleston, S.C.

Singles competition
Friday Nov 11
F1 JC Alcala (GA.SOU.) def. Vlad Anghel (East Carolina) 6-4, 6-2
F2 Eddie Landin (GA.SOU.) def. Ronny Georgi (East Carolina) 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
F3 Santiago Suarez (GA.SOU.) def. Freddie McGeehan (East Carolina) 5-7, 7-6, 6-1
F4 James Ling (East Carolina) def. Artemie Amari (GA.SOU.) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4
F5 Diego Finkelstein (GA.SOU.) def. Kasey Countee (East Carolina) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2
F6 Murphy McCullough (GA.SOU.) def. Fredric Lehfeldt (East Carolina) 6-3, 6-3
F7 Austin Allen (East Carolina) def. Christian Kerrigan (GA.SOU.) 7-6, 6-7, 6-2
F8 Adam Brown (GA.SOU.) def. Will Bissett (East Carolina) 6-4, 6-2
Saturday, Nov 12
Vlad Anghel (East Carolina) def. Juan Estevarena (Col. of Charleston) 7-6, 6-3
Benedikt Henning (Col. of Charleston) def. Freddie McGeehan (East Carolina) 6-3, 6-4
Ronny Georgi (East Carolina) def. Vasily Kichigin (Col. of Charleston) 6-3, 6-1
James Ling (East Carolina) def. Jake Kusmider (Col. of Charleston) 6-3, 6-1
Ryan Khan (Col. of Charleston) def. Fredric Lehfeldt (East Carolina) 6-4, 6-2
Alec Angadi (Col. of Charleston) def. Javier Renones (East Carolina) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (12-10)
Luke Kusmider (Col. of Charleston) def. Kasey Countee (East Carolina) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Easton Thomas (Col. of Charleston) def. Austin Allen (East Carolina) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4
Franz Sydow (Col. of Charleston) def. Will Bissett (East Carolina) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
Friday, Nov 11
FA Christian Kerrigan/Eddie Landin (GA.SOU.) def. Kasey Countee/Freddie McGeehan (East Carolina) 6-2
FB James Ling/Fredric Lehfeldt (East Carolina) def. Artemie Amari/Murphy McCullough (GA.SOU.) 6-4
FC Will Bissett/Ronny Georgi (East Carolina) def. JC Alcala/Diego Finkelstein (GA.SOU.) 6-3
FD Vlad Anghel/Javier Renones (East Carolina) def. Santiago Suarez/Adam Brown (GA.SOU.) 6-1
Saturday, Nov 12
FA Benedikt Henning/Easton Thomas (Col. of Charleston) def. Kasey Countee/Freddie McGeehan (East Carolina) 6-4
FB Juan Estevarena/Vasily Kichigin (Col. of Charleston) def. James Ling/Fredric Lehfeldt (East Carolina) 6-2
FC Franz Sydow/Ryan Khan (Col. of Charleston) def. Will Bissett/Ronny Georgi (East Carolina) 6-2
FD Luke Kusmider/Jake Kusmider (Col. of Charleston) def. Vlad Anghel/Javier Renones (East Carolina) 7-6 (7-5)

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Players Mentioned

Austin Allen

Vlad Anghel

Will Bissett

Kasey Countee

Ronny Georgi

Fredric Lehfeldt

James Ling

Freddie McGeehan

Javier Renones

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