April 8, 2018

Men’s Tennis Falls to Lenoir-Rhyne

The Coker College men’s tennis team (10-9 overall) fell to the Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears 7-2 Sunday

HICKORY, N.C. - The Coker College men's tennis team (10-9 overall) fell to the Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears 7-2 Sunday (Apr. 8) afternoon in South Atlantic Conference action.

Mark Watt cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 victory at No. 1 singles, while Justus Lehman grinded out a 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles. Watt improved to 15-4 on the season and Lehman upgraded his singles record to 14-3.

The Cobras will be back in action on Wednesday (Apr. 11) when they host Catawba at 2 p.m. in conference action.

Team Stats

Coker

Lenoir-Rhyne

Score

Doubles

Hamed Gandouz / Shane O'Dea def. Mark Watt / Henrik Hellbe 8-6
Paul Lenz / Tomas Hons def. Hunter Horton / Justus Lehman 8-3
Alex Crespo Sanchez / Tales Miranda def. Felix Schweyer / Dominic Allan 8-1

Singles

Mark Watt def. Hamed Gandouz 6-0 , 6-2
Tales Miranda def. Hunter Horton 3-6 , 6-4 , 6-3
Shane O'Dea def. Felix Schweyer 6-1 , 6-4
Tomas Hons def. Henrik Hellbe 6-4 , 6-1
Justus Lehman def. Alex Ayguavives 6-0 , 4-6 , 6-2
Paul Lenz def. Dominic Allan 6-0 , 6-2