Pirate Tennis Rolls Past Charleston Southern 6-1

Feb. 9, 2008

GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina men's tennis squad used a doubles sweep and wins in five of six singles matches to hand Charleston Southern a 6-1 non-conference setback and even its spring record to 3-3 Saturday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex.

After the Pirates' tandem of Bryan Oakley and Stephen Whitwell opened doubles play with an 8-4 defeat of Luis Maselli and Keith Whittingham at the No. 3 slot, East Carolina clinched the doubles point when Aleksey Kochetov and Henrik Skalmerud followed with an 8-5 victory over Murat Atilla and Steven Dean at No. 2. The Buccaneers' Guy David and Grega Teraz gave the Pirates' No. 1 pair, Jaroslav Horvath and Henrique Viana, a battle before falling 9-7.

In singles play, Whitwell and Oakley pushed East Carolina's lead to 3-0 with victories at the No. 6 and No. 5 positions, respectively, as Whitwell rolled past Gui Rebolo (6-1, 6-2) and Oakley dispatched Atilla (6-4, 6-3). Horvath clinched the Pirates' team win by recording a 6-2, 7-5 defeat of David at the No. 2 flight before Viana handed Teraz a 7-6 (4), 6-2 loss at No. 3 and Skalmerud rallied back to post a 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Maselli at No. 4.

Dean posted Charleston Southern's (0-2) only triumph of the afternoon by defeating Kochetov in straight sets (6-3, 7-6) in a No. 1 matchup.

The Pirates will return to action Wednesday, hosting Mount Olive and Barton in a split doubleheader scheduled to start at 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., respectively.

EAST CAROLINA 6, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 1
Singles Play
No. 1 - Steven Dean (CSU) def. Aleksey Kochetov (ECU); 6-3, 7-6
No. 2 - Jaroslav Horvath (ECU) def. Guy David (CSU); 6-2, 7-5
No. 3 - Henrique Viana (ECU) def. Grega Teraz (CSU); 7-6 (4), 6-2
No. 4 - Henrik Skalmerud (ECU) def. Luis Maselli (CSU); 5-7, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Bryan Oakley (ECU) def. Murat Atilla (CSU); 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 - Stephen Whitwell (ECU) def. Gui Rebolo (CSU); 6-1, 6-2
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Horvath/Viana (ECU) def. David/Teraz (CSU); 9-7
No. 2 - Kochetov/Skalmerud (ECU) def. Atilla/Dean (CSU); 8-5
No. 3 - Oakley/Whitwell (ECU) def. Maselli/Keith Whittingham (CSU); 8-4
Team Records: East Carolina 3-3, Charleston Southern 0-2

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