The College of Coastal Georgia men's tennis team dropped a 4-2 decision to St. Thomas on Wednesday afternoon in Brunswick.
Doubles
Coastal dropped the doubles point in a split effort. The Pons Medina brothers, Salvador and Artur, gave the Mariners a strong start at No. 1, topping Ivan Menendez and Pablo Olmedo 5-4. However, St. Thomas responded by claiming both remaining courts, with Mariano Alberto Hasenhkopf and Arthur Bugeaud winning 6-3 at No. 2 and Maxime Navrotchi and Pierlugi Cruypemmimck taking No. 3 by the same score to clinch the doubles point.
Singles
The Mariners won two of the six singles courts but couldn't overcome the early deficit. Salvador Pons Medina was sharp at No. 3, cruising to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Bugeaud, and Geronimo Gonzalez Dolci followed with a dominant 6-3, 6-4 win over Jan Gewaltig at No. 4.
The match's most competitive moment came at No. 2, where Gonzalo Tano and Ivan Menendez traded sets before Menendez ultimately prevailed in a three-set battle. Leonard Daguinot also pushed his opponent hard at No. 5, winning the first set 6-2 before falling in a three-set thriller to Cruypemmimck. At No. 6, Max Kirmayr forced a second set tiebreak against Navrotchi before dropping the match, while Artur Pons Medina fell in straight sets at No. 1 to Hasenhkopf.
