North Carolina Central Falls to Coastal Carolina

CONWAY, S.C. – Sophomore Kert Kilumets was the only North Carolina Central University men’s tennis player to nearly win a set against a strong Coastal Carolina University squad in a 7-0 non-conference dual match loss Friday afternoon at the Coastal Carolina Tennis Complex.

The Chanticleers improved to 5-1 with their fourth consecutive win. The Eagles slipped to 0-2.

Kilumets was leading his second set 5-4 before Coastal Carolina junior Jabor Al-Mutawa rallied to force a tiebreaker. Al-Mutawa went on to win tiebreaker 7-2 to complete the 6-4, 7-6 win in the top draw and stay undefeated on the season at 6-0.

Coastal Carolina did not lose more than two games in any other singles set to complete shutout.

A pair of 6-1 wins in the top two doubles draws started the team scoring for the Chanticleers.

NCCU only played five players, forfeiting No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.

NCCU will conclude an overnight road trip to the coast with another match in Conway, South Carolina, against Georgia Southern University on Saturday at Noon.

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Pirates Drop Season Opener to James Madison

NEWPORT NEWS, VA. – The Hampton University men’s tennis team opened their 2016 season on Friday night dropping a 7-0 decision to James Madison University in a match played at Centre Court.

Hampton (0-1) took one of the three doubles matches as Charles Hudson and Peter Odegbani teamed up at No. 2 doubles to defeat Sebastian Salinas and Miljan Ruzic 6-3.  At No. 1, Matthew Foster-Estwick and Joshua McQueen went to a tiebreaker but lost 7-6 (4) to Robert Stirling and Tristan Stitt.

In singles, the Dukes won all six matches in straight sets.   Odegbani dropped a first-set tiebreaker to Stirling before losing 7-6, 6-1 at No. 2 singles.   Foster-Estwick and McQueen each dropped a 7-5 set at No. 1 and 5 singles respectively.

The Pirates are back on the court Sunday night at 7pm when they face the Richmond Spiders at Old Dominion University.

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