ELON – The Elon men's tennis team (3-7) dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to Coastal Carolina (9-5) on Friday afternoon at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

After claiming the doubles point with wins on Courts 1 and 3, the Phoenix added singles victories on Courts 2 and 4 but was unable to secure the clinching point, as the Chanticleers rallied with four straight wins.

The Rundown

• The Phoenix secured the doubles point with victories on Courts 1 and 3.
• On Court 3, Oskar Antinheimo and Rafael Ymer rolled past Enzo Garutti and Eric Tripathi, 6-1. The win marked their second together this season after also teaming up for a victory against Florida Gulf Coast on Feb. 27.
• Elon clinched the point at the No. 1 position, where Veljko Krstic and Nikola Parichkov defeated Christopher Norlin and Iannis Fernandes, 6-4. The duo rallied from a 4-2 deficit, winning four straight games to close it out. At 4-4, they erased a 0-40 hole to hold for a 5-4 lead before breaking serve to seal the match.
• Antinheimo extended the Phoenix lead with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Garutti at No. 4 singles. It marked his first credited victory since the opening match of the spring after multiple unfinished matches in which he had won the first set.
• Ymer then pushed Elon's lead to 3-0 with a win on Court 2. The sophomore defeated Juan Cruz Collardin, 6-2, 0-6, 6-0, for his team-leading seventh dual singles victory of the season.
• On Court 1, Krstic dropped a first-set tiebreak and was unable to recover in the second. Parichkov won his opening set 6-4 but fell in the next two sets, bringing Coastal Carolina within one at 3-2.
• Alonso Roca also started strong for the Phoenix at No. 3 singles, battling through a tightly contested first set and prevailing in a tiebreak, 7-6 (3). He dropped the final two sets, however, as the Chanticleers tied the match at 3-3. 
• At No. 5 singles, Charles Pilet fell 7-5 in a hard-fought opening set but responded in the second. Trailing 4-3, he broke serve to level the set and forced a tiebreak, which he won 7-6 (3). Pilet ultimately dropped the third set as Coastal Carolina clinched the match.

 
Up Next
The Phoenix heads to Clemson, S.C. for a match against the No. 34 Tigers on Sunday at 4 p.m.

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Results
Singles
1. Christopher Norlin (CCU) def. No. 94 Veljko Krstic (Elon) 7-6 (4), 6-2
2. Rafael Ymer (Elon) def. Juan Cruz Collardin (CCU) 6-2, 0-6, 6-0
3. Eric Tripathi (CCU) def. Nikola Parichkov (Elon) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2
4. Oskar Antinheimo (Elon) def. Enzo Garutti (CCU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Curzio Manucci (CCU) def. Charles Pilet (Elon) 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-0
6. Iannis Fernandes (CCU) def. Alonso Roca (Elon) 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3
 
Doubles
1. Veljko Krstic/Nikola Parichkov (Elon) def. Christopher Norlin/Iannis Fernandes (CCU) 6-4
2. Rivers Cahill/Juan Cruz Collardin (CCU) def. Nick Fisk/Charles Pilet (Elon) 6-3
3. Oskar Antinheimo/Rafael Ymer (Elon) def. Enzo Garutti/Eric Tripathi (CCU) 6-1
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,2,1,3,6,5)