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Men's Tennis Splits at Francis Marion

       

Men's Tennis Splits at Francis Marion

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FLORENCE, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina University men’s tennis team (3-2) travelled to Florence, S.C., to face Francis Marion University and Barton College Feb. 12. The Chanticleers defeated Barton 5-2, but fell to the host Francis Marion 5-3.

Against Barton, the Chants lost two of three in the doubles portion, but sophomore Simon Taylor (Hampshire, England) and freshman David Mellis (London, England) defeated Nikola Andelic and Ewout Hinnen 8-5. Coastal then took four singles matches, while not finishing two others. Taylor defeated Robert Jenner at number-two singles 6-2, 6-4. Junior Florentin Meynie (Nanterre, France) defeated Scott Reddick by the same 6-2, 6-4 score at number three singles. Sophomore Richard Redding (Winscombe, England) bested Adrian Baluyot 6-1, 7-6 (6), while junior Brian Dowis (Yorktown, Va.) won his match 6-2, 4-6, 10-7.

Coastal dropped all three doubles matches against Francis Marion. In singles play, Mellis beat Kevin Taylor 6-3, 6-2 at number one singles. Redding defeated Alex Curry 6-2, 6-4 and Dowis beat Igor Prielozny 6-4, 7-5.

"We’re headed in the right direction, but I know we can improve a great deal from this performance today," Coastal head coach Chris Powers said. "We’re a couple good shots from playing good doubles and we had a couple of guys who weren’t mentally ready today. However, this is a good win supported by strong overall team effort. We can build tomorrow with a strong outing versus North Carolina A&T."

Coastal hosts North Carolina A&T at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 13.

Coastal Carolina 5, Barton 2

Singles

1. David Mellis (Coastal) vs. Nikola Andelic, Did not finish

2. Simon Taylor (Coastal) def. Robert Jenner, 6-2, 6-4

3. Florentin Meynie (Coastal) def. Scott Reddick, 6-2, 6-4

4. Richard Redding (Coastal) def. Adrian Baluyot, 6-1, 7-6 (6)

5. Brian Dowis (Coastal) def. Soderblom, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)

6. Andy Caress (Coastal vs. Jose Netto, DNF

Doubles

1. Brent Ching/Brent Simmons (Barton) def. Meynie/Redding, 9-8 (4)

2. Taylor/Mellis (Coastal) def. Andelic/Ewout Hinnen, 8-5

3. Jenner/Baluyot (Barton) def. Dowis/Caress, 8-6

Francis Marion 5, Coastal Carolina 3

Singles

1. David Mellis (Coastal) def. Kevin Taylor, 6-3, 6-2

2. Chatwinder Singh (FMU) def. Simon Taylor, 6-4, 6-4

3. Franklyn Emmanuel (FMU) def. Florentin Meynie, 6-4, 6-1

4. Richard Redding (Coastal) def. Alex Curry, 6-2, 6-4

5. Brian Dowis (Coastal) def. Igor Prielozny, 6-4, 7-5

6. Andy Caress (Coastal) vs. Roshun Razik, DNF

Doubles

1. Curry/Singh (FMU) def. Meynie/Redding, 8-5

2. Taylor/Emmanuel (FMU) def. Taylor/Mellis, 8-4

3. Razik/Prielozny (FMU) def. Dowis/Caress, 8-6