The College of Charleston (14-3, 8-0) men’s tennis team won its 12th match in its last 13 outings as they defeated Wofford (7-10, 3-4) handily 7-0 in a Southern Conference tennis match at Patriots Point in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. April 2.
“Today’s match was a strong performance from the whole team,” said head coach Jay Bruner. “Lukas Koncilia had to dig in and find a way to win. Lukas played a great tiebreaker to take the second set of his match while Kyle [Parker] played from behind all day and found his rhythm in the second set tiebreaker. He won the last five points of the third set tiebreaker to pick up his second singles win in a row.”
The Cougars came out of the gate strong as they posted three 8-3 victories to sweep the doubles point and take a 1-0 lead. The pairings of junior Koncilia and freshman Tom Delme at the No. 1 position, sophomore John Harden and freshman Parker at No. 2 and freshman Mickael Trintignac and junior Mickael Boyer at the third spot posted the victories.
Boyer quickly extended the lead to 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-3 singles victory over Paul Bartholomy at the No. 4 position while Harden played a smart match at No. 6 to earn a 6-1, 6-3 win. Trintignac clinched the match for the Cougars with a hard fought 6-4, 6-2 decision over Stuart Robertson at the second position and Delme made it 5-0 with his 7-5, 6-1 win against Alan Donald at No. 3.
Koncilia then completed the sweep with 5-7, 7-6, 10-5 and 6-1, 7-6 victories, respectively, at No. 5 and No. 1.
C of C has now won their first eight Southern Conference matches and are one of three unbeatens remaining in the conference. The Cougars’ next action will come against one of those two teams, UNC Greensboro (12-3, 5-0), when the Spartans visit the College of Charleston Tennis Center at Patriots Point.
Rescheduled from Friday, March 12, the match will be played at 1 p.m. on April 11.
Singles competition
1. KONCILIA, Lukas (COFC) def. Tinus Van Wyk (WOF) 6-1, 7-6
2. TRINTIGNAC, Mickael (COFC) def. Stuart Robertson (WOF) 6-4, 6-2
3. DELME, Tom (COFC) def. Alan Donald (WOF) 7-5, 6-1
4. BOYER, Mickael (COFC) def. Paul Bartholomy (WOF) 6-2, 6-3
5. PARKER, Kyle (COFC) def. Michael Schecter (WOF) 5-7, 7-6, 10-5
6. HARDEN, John (COFC) def. Tom Wood (WOF) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. KONCILIA, Lukas/DELME, Tom (COFC) def. Alan Donald/Paul Bartholomy (WOF) 8-3
2. HARDEN, John/PARKER, Kyle (COFC) def. Tinus Van Wyk/Drew Superstein (WOF) 8-3
3. TRINTIGNAC, Mickael/BOYER, Mickael (COFC) def. Stuart Robertson/Tom Wood (WOF) 8-3