March 22, 2009

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina men's tennis squad captured its ninth and 10th-straight victories Sunday afternoon, sweeping a split doubleheader with a 4-3 win against the College of Charleston and a 7-0 triumph over Chowan at the ECU Tennis Complex.

The pair of wins improved the Pirates' spring dual match record to 14-1 while the Cougars and Hawks dropped to 5-10 and 2-7, respectively.

In the opener against the College of Charleston, ECU used a doubles sweep and singles triumphs at the No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 positions to secure the victory.

After jumping out to a 1-0 lead with 8-6, 8-5 and 8-4 tandem wins, Stephen Whitwell tallied the Pirates' second point by dismissing Lukas Koncilia 6-4, 6-3 in a No. 2 matchup. Aleksey Kochetov and Bryan Oakley followed with similar 6-3, 7-5 decisions over Steven Myers and Joe Nicolazzi at the last two slots.

Mickael Trintignac rolled past Denis Ermilov 6-3, 6-3 at No. 3 before Tom Delme and Mickael Boyer each needed three sets to outlast Jaroslav Horvath (6-7, 6-1, 7-6) and Henrik Skalmerud (7-6, 6-7, 1-0) at No. 1 and No. 4 to account for the Cougars' scoring.

Against Chowan in the second match, the Pirates quickly clinched the victory by outscoring the Hawks 24-4 in doubles play and posting 12 straight-set singles wins. Whitwell (No. 1), Ermilov (No. 2), Skalmerud (No. 3), Kochetov (No. 4), David Masciorini (No. 5) and Ryan Daly (No. 6) combined to post a 72-9 ledger to help ECU close out the triumph in convincing fashion.

The Pirates will finish their three-match homestand Wednesday when they face Campbell beginning at 3 p.m.

EAST CAROLINA 4, COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 3
Singles Play
No. 1 - Tom Delme (COC) def. Jaroslav Horvath (ECU); 6-7 (1), 6-1, 7-6 (7)
No. 2 - Stephen Whitwell (ECU) def. Lukas Koncilia (COC); 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 - Mickael Trintignac (COC) def. Denis Ermilov (ECU); 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 - Mickael Boyer (COC) def. Henrik Skalmerud (ECU); 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 1-0 (10)
No. 5 - Aleksey Kochetov (ECU) def. Steven Myers (COC); 6-3, 7-5
No. 6 - Bryan Oakley (ECU) def. Joe Nicolazzi (COC); 6-3, 7-5
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Ermilov/Horvath (ECU) def. Delme/Koncilia (COC); 8-6
No. 2 - Kochetov/Skalmerud (ECU) def. Myers/Nicolazzi (COC); 8-5
No. 3 - Oakley/Whitwell (ECU) def. Boyer/Trintignac (COC); 8-4
Team Records: College of Charleston 5-10, East Carolina 13-1

EAST CAROLINA 7, CHOWAN 0
Singles Play
No. 1 - Stephen Whitwell (ECU) def. Darick Gilman (CHO); 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 - Denis Ermilov (ECU) def. Raitis Abolins (CHO); 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 - Henrik Skalmerud (ECU) def. Jonathan Walker (CHO); 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 - Aleksey Kochetov (ECU) def. Mike Fencil (CHO): 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 - David Masciorini (ECU) def. Adam Moneypenny (CHO); 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 - Ryan Daly (ECU) def. Ira Coates (CHO); 6-0, 6-1
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Kochetov/Skalmerud (ECU) def. Gilman/Walker (CHO); 8-2
No. 2 - Oakley/Whitwell (ECU) def. Fencil/Moneypenny (CHO); 8-1
No. 3 - Daly/Masciorini (ECU) def. Abolins/Coates (CHO); 8-1
Team Records: Chowan 2-7, East Carolina 14-1