Men Advance to Second Round of SoCon Tournament
7/1/2007 4:03:00 AM | Men's Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. ? The Georgia Southern men's tennis team defeated The Citadel 4-2 in the first round of the Southern Conference Tournament before falling 4-1 to College of Charleston in round two.
In Friday's first round match up, the Eagles took the doubles point thanks to wins from Philip Prins/Borja Malet over Derek Jose/Alberto Diaz at No. 2and Matthew Sands/Neil Shine over Trent Graham/Frederic Petrilli at No. 3. Both doubles pairs won 8-2.
In singles play, Prins defeated Jose 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4. Sands captured a No. 5 win 6-2, 6-4 over Petrilli and Malet won 6-2, 6-0 over Graham at No. 6. Joris De Weerdt fell 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 to Daniel Dossetor and Emmanuel Nkoueleue lost 6-1, 6-4 to James Eason at No. 2.
The No. 1 doubles and No. 3 singles matches were unfinished due to tournament time constraints.
On day two, GSU got a point from Sands' 6-3, 3-6, 3-0 No. 5 singles win over Steven Myers.
Greg Bekkers fell 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles to Omer Abramovich. Prins dropped the No. 4 match 6-1, 6-0 to Justin Malina. Malet lost 6-3, 6-2 to Perry Allen at No. 6.
The No. 2 and 3 doubles pairs each fell 9-7. Prins/Malet dropped the No. 2 to Abramovich/Allen match while Sands/Shine fell at No. 3 to Jimmy Petit/Malina.
The No. 1 doubles and Nos. 1 & 2 singles matches were unfinished.
Georgia Southern 4, The Citadel 2
Singles
1. Daniel Dossetor (CIT) def. Joris De Weerdt (GSU) 6-4, 6-2
2. James Eason (CIT) def. Emmanuel Nkoueleue (GSU) 6-1, 6-4
3. Alberto Diaz (CIT) vs. Greg Bekkers (GSU) 6-2, 2-6, 0-1, unfinished
4. Philip Prins (GSU) def. Derek Jose (CIT) 6-2, 6-2
5. Matthew Sands (GSU) def. Frederic Petrilli (CIT) 6-2, 6-4
6. Borja Malet (GSU) def. Trent Graham (CIT) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1. Daniel Dossetor/James Eason (CIT) vs. Emmanuel Nkoueleue/Joris De Weerdt (GSU) 7-3, unfinished
2. Philip Prins/Borja Malet (GSU) def. Derek Jose/Alberto Diaz (CIT) 8-2
3. Matthew Sands/Neil Shine (GSU) def. Trent Graham/Frederic Petrilli (CIT) 8-2
College of Charleston 4, Georgia Southern 1
Singles
1. Or Dekel (COFC) vs. Joris De Weerdt (GSU) 6-4, 3-3, unfinished
2. Marcus DiGliodo (COFC) vs. Emmanuel Nkoueleue (GSU) 6-2, 4-6, 2-1, unfinished
3. Omer Abramovich (COFC) def. Greg Bekkers (GSU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Justin Malina (COFC) def. Philip Prins (GSU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Matthew Sands (GSU) def. Steven Myers (COFC) 6-3, 3-6, 3-0, unfinished
6. Perry Allen (COFC) def. Borja Malet (GSU) 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1. Or Dekel/Marcus DiGliodo (COFC) vs. Emmanuel Nkoueleue/Joris De Weerdt (GSU) 7-8, unfinished
2. Omer Abramovich/Perry Allen (COFC) def. Philip Prins/Borja Malet (GSU) 9-7
3. Jimmy Petit/Justin Malina (COFC) def. Matthew Sands/Neil Shine (GSU) 9-7
