Bulldogs Fall to Coastal Carolina in First Round of Big South Championships

ROCK HILL, S.C. ? The third-seeded Coastal Carolina Chanticleers advanced to Friday's semi-finals after defeating No. 6 seed UNC Asheville, 5-0 in the first round of the 2009 Big South Men's Tennis Championship on Thursday, April 16 on the campus of Winthrop University.

Coastal Carolina won No. 1 and No. 3 in doubles action to take a 1-0 lead. CCU's duo of German Perez and Ernesto Ramos defeated Mauricio Correa and Nicolai Nonnenbroich 8-3 while Dmitry Vlaskin and Plamer Tzvetkov won 8-3 over Alexander Greer and Alex Appelt.

Perez and Joseph Withers both finished their matches at the same time to clinch the win. Perez won 6-1, 6-1 over Jonas Brobeck while Withers won 6-0, 6-2 over Appelt to put the Chanticleers in the semi-finals for the second straight year. Coastal Carolina quickly took a 2-0 lead in the match as Vlaskin defeated Nonnenbroich, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3. The Chanticleers took the No. 6 singles as Withers won 6-1, 6-1 over Greer.

With the win, Coastal Carolina improves to 16-5 overall and will face No. 2 Winthrop in the semifinals at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, April 17. Asheville end its season at 5-16 overall and 0-7 in the Big South.

Doubles
No. 1 ? Perez/Ramos (CCU) def. Correa/Nonnenbroich (UNCA), 8-3
No. 2 ? Brobeck/White (UNCA) led Vlaskin/Tzvetkov (CCU), 5-4, unfinished
No. 3 ? John Hairston/Withers (CCU) def. Greer/Appelt (UNCA), 8-3

Singles
No. 1 ? Ernesto Ramos (CCU) led Mauricio Correa (UNCA), 7-5, 1-1, unfinished
No. 2 ? German Perez (CCU) def. Jonas Brobeck (UNCA), 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 ? Dmitry Vlaskin (CCU) def. Nicolai Nonnenbroich (UNCA), 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 ? Nathan White (UNCA) led Dorian Sovic (CCU), 6-2, 3-5, unfinished
No. 5 ? Plamen Tzvetkov (CCU) def. Alex Appelt (UNCA), 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 ? Joseph Withers (CCU) def. Alexander Greer (UNCA), 6-1, 6-1