No. 48 Eagles Overcome Early Deficit, Defeat Coker
HARTSVILLE, SC – Despite falling behind early, No. 48 Carson-Newman (6-4, 4-1 SAC) rallied to take down Coker (2-10, 1-5 SAC), 5-2.
HARTSVILLE, SC – Despite falling behind early, No. 48 Carson-Newman (6-4, 4-1 SAC) rallied to take down Coker (2-10, 1-5 SAC), 5-2.
The Eagles dropped the doubles point and the first singles match but ripped off five consecutive singles wins to overcome the two-point deficit and win the match comfortably. Despite dropping the match in No. 6 singles, C-N secured wins in the top five slots to earn its fourth conference victory.
SINGLES RESULTS
No. 1: Marnix Van Dalen (C-N) def. Thibaut Decaluwe (Coker), 6-2/6-1
No. 2: Marc Janse (C-N) def. Tom Lamers (Coker), 6-3/7-5
No. 3: Lars Hordijk (C-N) def. Samuel Winter (Coker), 6-2/6-2
No. 4: Paul Gayk (C-N) def. Andy Huynh (Coker), 7-5/6-7/6-4
No. 5: Matthew Saunders (C-N) def. Carlos Fernando Nau (Coker), 6-3/7-6
No. 6: Joao Casas Moreira (Coker) def. Yehor Opanasenko (C-N), 6-2/6-0
In doubles, the Eagles' all-conference duo of Lars Hordijk and Marnix Van Dalen secured a win in the No. 1 slot, but the Cobras took the next two to earn the point. Despite losing the point, C-N came within a game of earning the point in No. 3 doubles.
DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 1: M. Van Dalen/L. Hordijk (C-N) def. T. Decaluwe/T. Lamers (Coker), 7-5
No. 2: S. Winter/B. Peralta (Coker) def. P. Gayk/M. Saunders (C-N), 6-2
No. 3: J. Casas Moreira/A. Huynh (Coker) def. Y. Opanasenko/M. Janse (C-N), 7-6
The Eagles will get some well-deserved time off after securing two conference wins this week and will return to the court on Thursday at Emory & Henry for the first of three SAC contests in as many days.
