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Men's Tennis Falls to Winthrop, 4-3 in Big South Semifinals

The Chanticleers finish the season 14-8

       

Dorian Sovic won No. 6 singles 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Dorian Sovic won No. 6 singles 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

April 23, 2010

Final Stats

 

RADFORD, Va. - No. 3 Coastal Carolina University men's tennis team fell to No. 2 Winthrop, 4-3, in the semifinals of the 2010 Big South Men's Tennis Championships on Friday evening at the RU Tennis Courts / Burrows Burelson Tennis Center.

 

With the match tied 3-3, Winthrop's Nadav Ruppin edged Dimitry Vlaskin in three sets, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, to clinch a spot in tomorrow's Championship rematch.
 
Due to rain, the decisive singles contest was delayed for 1 hour and 20 minutes before being completed at Virginia Tech's indoor facility.
 
The second singles match was 5-2 (15-15) in the third set when play was halted.
 
After the Chanticleers' top duo of Matt Gordon and Peter Billingham recorded an impressive 8-2 decision in the doubles competition, Winthrop responded with tiebreaker wins from Liran Levy and Dejon Bivens, 9-8 (5), and Nadav Ruppin and Guy Kubi, 9-8 (1), at positions three and two, respectively. 

In singles play, Alex Funkhouser put the first point on the board for the Chanticleers with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at the No. 4 position. Shortly after, Matt Gordon gave Coastal Carolina (13-8) its first lead with a straight-set win (7-6 (5), 6-4) on court one, giving the Chants their first lead of the day, 2-1.  
 
The Eagles' Liran Levy responded with a straight-set decision of his own (6-4, 6-4) over Plamen Tzvetkov to even the match, 2-2.
 
Coastal Carolina's final singles victory came from Dorian Sovic in No. 6 singles 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, while Winthrop also got a singles decision from Guy Kubi, over Peter Billingham 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in No. 5 singles.

Tennis Match Results
Coastal Carolina vs Winthrop
4/23/2010 at Radford, Va./Blacksburg, Va.
(RU Tennis Courts/Burrows Burelson Tennis)
 
Winthrop 4, Coastal Carolina 3
 
Singles competition
1. Gordon, Matt (CCU) def. BELOV, Sergey (WU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
2. RUPPIN, Nadav (WU) def. Vlaskin, Dmitry (CCU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
3. LEVY, Liran (WU) def. Tzvetkov, Plamen (CCU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Funkhouser, Alex (CCU) def. BIVENS, Dejon (WU) 6-3, 6-4
5. KUBI, Guy (WU) def. Billingham, Peter (CCU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
6. Sovic, Dorian (CCU) def. DAUDT, Daniel (WU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. GORDON, Matt/BILLINGHAM, Peter (CCU) def. BELOV, Sergey/DAUDT, Daniel (WU) 8-2
2. RUPPIN, Nadav/KUBI, Guy (WU) def. VLASKIN, Dmitry/FUNKHOUSER, Alex (CCU) 9-8 (7-1)
3. LEVY, Liran/BIVENS, Dejon (WU) def. TZVETKOV, Plamen/SOVIC, Dorian (CCU) 9-8 (7-5)