East Carolina University
Coastal Carolina
Pirates Stumble at Coastal Carolina, 6-1
February 28, 2016 | Men's Tennis
CONWAY, S.C. - The East Carolina men's tennis team dropped its third-straight match, 6-1, at Coastal Carolina on Sunday.
The Pirates fell into an early 1-0 hole in the overall match when the Chanticleers collected a pair of 6-2 doubles victories on courts one and two.
ECU was unable to get the momentum swinging in its direction with the start of singles play, as Coastal Carolina (7-2) worked its way to straight-set wins on courts one, two and five to clinch the match.
Sophomore Kasey Countee was the bright spot for East Carolina (6-4), battling his way to a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 victory oer Rick Timmerman in the No. 4 spot of the singles lineup for his fourth-straight victory. Countee is now 4-0 in dual match play this season out of the No. 4 singles position.
The Pirates will return to action with matches on back-to-back days at The Citadel on Sunday, March 6, before continuing on to Saint Augustine, Fla., to face Flagler College.
Coastal Carolina 6, East Carolina 1
Singles competition
1. AL-MUTAWA, Jabor (COASTALM) def. Tendai Tapfuma (ECU) 6-2, 6-1
2. VELICKOVIC, Vuk (COASTALM) def. Vlad Anghel (ECU) 7-5, 6-2
3. SCHNEIDER, Sebastian (COASTALM) def. Fredric Lehfeldt (ECU) 7-6, 6-2
4. Kasey Countee (ECU) def. TIMMERMAN, Rick (COASTALM) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
5. MIGLIANO, Francesco (COASTALM) def. Ronny Georgi (ECU) 6-2, 7-6
6. PLANCHARD, Nic (COASTALM) def. Williams Bissett (ECU) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. LEME, Pedro/VELICKOVIC, Vuk (COASTALM) def. Tendai Tapfuma/James Ling (ECU) 6-2
2. AL-MUTAWA, Jabor/SCHNEIDER, Sebastian (COASTALM) def. Vlad Anghel/Williams Bissett (ECU) 6-2
3. TIMMERMAN, Rick/FARIA, Luiz (COASTALM) vs. Ronny Georgi/Willem Himpe (ECU) 5-4, unfinished
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