Pioneers Outlast Coast Guard 4-3

Wednesday, March 23

New London, CT

3:00 PM

Sacred Heart

United States Coast Guard Academy

3/23/2022 8:33:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

SHU moves to 4-11 on the year

TRUMBULL, Conn. – The Sacred Heart University men's tennis team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over Coast Guard on Wednesday evening. The Pioneers now move to a 4-11 overall record.

Coast Guard took the doubles point with a clean sweep over the Red & White before seniors William Wibmer and Kevin Chao won in straight sets at first and fourth singles. Sophomore Matyas Vencl and first-year Darius Eftekhar outlasted their opponents in three-set matches at third and sixth. The match came down to Eftekhar at six after splitting the first two sets. The rookie won the super tiebreaker, 10-8, to bring the match home to SHU.

Sacred Heart will resume Northeast Conference play on Saturday against Bryant at 6 p.m.

Singles Competition
1          William Wibmer (SHU) def. Banks Evans, 6-3, 6-2
2          Myles Decoste (CG) def. Lefteri Apostolou (SHU), 7-5, 6-1
3          Matyas Vencl (SHU) def. Charles Norman (CG), 6-4, 3-6, 10-7
4          Kevin Chao (SHU) def. Sean Dreher (CG), 7-6, 6-0
5          Lucas Arora (CG) def. Ayman Khan (SHU), 6-0, 6-1
6          Darius Eftekhar (SHU) def. Paul Choi (CG), 7-5, 4-6, 10-8

Doubles Competition
1          Decoste/Dreher (CG) def. Wibnet/Apostolou (SHU), 6-3
2          Arora/Norman (CG) def. Vencl/Tyler Lowe (SHU), 6-4
3              Choi/Evans (CG) def. Hernandez/Phil Lynch (SHU), 6-2