Men's, Women's Tennis Both Win at Coastal Carolina
March 28, 2003 | Women's Tennis
The ECU men defeated the Chanticleers, 5-1, while the Lady Pirates won, 4-2.
Both contests were played as individual singles matches only. In the men's match, East Carolina took flights two through six, including straight set wins by Charl Meyer at two and Paulo Baumer at three. The win improved Baumer's team-best overall record to 17-5.
The win evened ECU's spring record at 8-8 and was the Pirates' fifth win in their last six outings.
The women's competition was closer but ECU prevailed with wins at flights two, four, five, and six. Emily Kohl's three-set victory at flight five sealed the win for the Lady Pirates, who won their sixth straight match to improve to 12-4.
Cristina Meilicke posted a 6-0, 6-0 win at flight six to push her team-best singles record to 16-2. She has won six straight singles matches.
Both squads continue their tour of eastern South Carolina on Saturday when they take on College of Charleston at 10 a.m.
Men: East Carolina 5, Coastal Carolina 1
Doubles:
No matches played
Singles:
No. 1 Arnaud Caffin (CCU) def. Brad Sullivan (ECU) - 6-0, 6-3
No. 2 Charl Meyer (ECU) def. Jean-Philippe Cloutier (CCU) - 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 Paulo Baumer (ECU) def. Oscar Gomez (CCU) - 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Edward Cooper (ECU) def. Gautam Padmahaban (CCU) - 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 Felipe Fonseca (ECU) def. Adam Adler (CCU) - 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-2
No. 6 Nick Rose (ECU) def. Mohammed El Bouzkouri (CCU) - 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4
Women: East Carolina 4, Coastal Carolina 2
Doubles
No matches played
Singles
1. Medina Bajrambasic (CCU) d. Kirstin Buchanan (ECU) - 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
2. Lyndall Jordan (ECU) d. Dana Goffin - 6-1, 6-3
3. Marie Matrka (CCU) d. Raluca Baicu (ECU) - 7-5, 7-5
4. Paulina Sierpinski (ECU) d. Stephanie Koot (CCU) - 7-5, 6-1
5. Emily Kohl (ECU) d. Rosemary Younger (CCU) - 6-3, 5-7, 6-3
6. Cristina Meilicke (ECU) d. Kamla Palmer (CCU) - 6-0, 6-0
