March 16, 2019

Krall Wins Twice, Cobras Fall to Pioneers

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- The Coker College men's tennis team fell to Tusculum in South Atlantic Conference action on Saturday (Mar. 16).

Melwin Krall picked up a pair of wins, defeating his Tusculum opponents in both #1 doubles, and #1 singles. Krall teamed with Max Sturgess to take down Tusculum's #1 doubles team 6-4, and then defeated David Akinpetide 6-4, 6-4 in #1 singles.

Pablo Gonzalo-Saul was victorious again for the Cobras, picking up a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 victory in #5 singles. He improves to 5-4 in singles action on the season.

The Cobras will be back in action on Tuesday (Mar. 19) when they host Newberry for more South Atlantic Conference action. Matches are scheduled to start at 2:00 p.m.

Team Stats

Coker

Tusculum

Score

Doubles

Melwin Krall / Max Sturgess (CCMTEN19)
def. Tim Klee / Gabriel Yaguar (TU)

6-4

Manuel Almeida / Fabian Paier (TU)
def. Hunter Horton / Pablo Gonzalo-Saul (CCMTEN19)

6-4

Yago Fernandez / Jacco Mensinga (TU)
def. Isaac MacMillan / Walker Long (CCMTEN19)

6-2

Singles

Melwin Krall (CCMTEN19)
def. David Akinpetide (TU)

6-4 , 6-4

Yago Fernandez (TU)
def. Hunter Horton (CCMTEN19)

6-3 , 6-3

Manuel Almeida (TU)
def. Max Sturgess (CCMTEN19)

6-4 , 6-3

Vadzim Raitsou (TU)
def. Isaac MacMillan (CCMTEN19)

6-4 , 6-1

Pablo Gonzalo-Saul (CCMTEN19)
def. Marco Meon (TU)

6-4 , 2-6 , 7-6 (7-4)

Gabriel Yaguar (TU)
def. Fabrizio Tucci (CCMTEN19)

6-2 , 6-0