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Men's Tennis Falls to UNCW 7-0

       

Men's Tennis Falls to UNCW 7-0

WILMINGTON, N.C.– The Coastal Carolina University men’s tennis team (1-3) fell to the Univeristy of North Carolina at WIlmington, 7-0, Feb. 25 in Wilmington, N.C.

UNC Wilmington won all six singles and three doubles matches, although three singles matches went to a tiebreaker. Sophomore Florentin Meynie (Nanterre, France) lost to Rahul Rajkhewa 6-4, 6-7 and 10-6 in the tiebreak. Freshman Simon Taylor (Hampshire, England) lost to Timothy Meredith 3-6, 6-1 and 12-10 in the tiebreak. Freshman Darko Fridl (Zagreb, Croatia) fell to Scott Curry 6-3, 4-6 and 10-7 in a tiebreak.

Coastal opens Big South play Sunday, Feb. 29, at noon against Radford University.

UNC Wilmington 7, Coastal Carolina 0
Singles
1 - Danilo Mendes (UNCW) def. Adam Adler, 6-3, 6-2
2 - Caio Piacentini (UNCW) def. Richard Redding, 6-1, 6-3
3 - Rahul Rajkhewa (UNCW) def. Florentin Meynie, 6-4, 6-7 (10-6)
4 - Timothy Meredith (UNCW) def. SImon Taylor, 3-6, 6-1 (12-10)
5 - Grant Holland (UNCW) def. Ryan Vrba, 6-1, 6-3
6 - Scott Curry (UNCW) def. Darko Fridl, 6-3, 4-6 (10-7)

Doubles
1 - Mendes/Rajkhewa (UNCW) def. Meynie/Taylor, 8-6
2 - Piacentini/Meredith (UNCW) def. Redding/Brian Dowis, 8-0
3 - Holland/Curry (UNCW) def. Fridl/Andy Caress, 8-2