February 3, 2018

Men’s Tennis Sweeps Day Two of USC Sumter Invitational

The Coker College men’s tennis team swept the competition on day two of the USC Sumter Invitational

SUMTER, S.C. – The Coker College men's tennis team swept the competition on day two of the USC Sumter Invitational to improve to 3-1 on the season. The Cobras defeated Benedict 9-0 in their first match of the day and went on to defeat Erskine 8-1 in their final match of the afternoon.

Mark Watt (No. 1), Hunter Horton (No. 2), Felix Schweyer (No. 3), Dominic Allan (No. 4), and Justus Lehman (No. 5) all finished undefeated in singles play. In addition, Walker Long (No. 6) picked up one victory in singles action over Benedict.

Coker continued to impress in doubles play as the tandem of Watt/Henrik Hellbe (No. 1), Horton/Lehman (No. 2), and Schweyer/Allan (No. 3) all finished 2-0 on the day.

The Cobras will be back in action on Friday (Feb. 9) when the host USC Aiken at 3 p.m.

Team Stats

Coker

Benedict College

Score

Doubles

Mark Watt / Henrik Hellbe def. Quentin Eloise / Nikola Aleksic 8-3
Hunter Horton / Justus Lehman def. Taj Ballantyne / Armando Flores 8-0
Felix Schweyer / Dominic Allan def. Julius Mutetwa / Scott Perrin 8-0

Singles

Mark Watt def. Quentin Eloise 6-2 , 6-2
Hunter Horton def. Nikola Aleksic 6-4 , 7-5
Felix Schweyer def. Armando Flores 6-1 , 6-0
Dominic Allan def. Taj Ballantyne FINAL - DEFAULT
Justus Lehman def. Julius Mutetwa 6-0 , 6-0
Walker Long def. Scott Perrin 6-0 , 6-0

Team Stats

Erskine College

Coker College

Score

Doubles

Mark Watt / Henrik Hellbe def. Steven Zahui / Ross Edgar 9-8
Hunter Horton / Justus Lehman def. Ritwik Bhrignvanghi / Ary Boltunsky 8-4
Felix Schweyer / Dominic Allan def. Nacho Garcia / Nathan Cooper 8-2

Singles

Mark Watt def. Steven Zahui 6-4 , 6-2
Hunter Horton def. Ritwik Bhrignvanghi 6-4 , 6-1
Felix Schweyer def. Nacho Garcia 6-1 , 6-4
Dominic Allan def. Ary Boltunsky 6-7 , 6-3 , 10-7
Justus Lehman def. Nathan Cooper 4-6 , 6-4 , 10-7
Ross Edgar def. Walker Long 3-6 , 6-1 , 10-7