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Cloessner, Cooper rally back to lead the Buccaneers past ETSU, 4-3
3/10/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Sophie Cloessner and Mi'Kola Cooper both rallied on courts 3 and 4 as Charleston Southern topped visiting East Tennessee State on Tuesday morning at the Buccaneer Tennis Complex, 4-3.
The victory was Charleston Southern's fifth home win of the season and third in four days as the Buccaneers rallied after falling behind 3-2 to visiting ETSU with Cooper and Cloessner coming from behind to take the third sets in completing the CSU win.
The Bucs improve to 8-1 with the victory, while East Tennessee State falls to 6-3 overall in the 2015 season.
CSU took the opening doubles point as Angelica Sidorenko and Mi'Kola Cooper topped Lyn Yee Choo and Reginka Nychytailova 8-5 on court no. 1, while Yvonne Hubler and Nicolin Luecke defeated Ana Gerbasi and Ionna Markesini on court no. 2, 8-5.
ETSU's Jayde Viccars and Melissa Esguerra topped CSU's Marketa Placha and Cloessner in the final doubles match on court no. 3, 8-6.
Choo tied the match up for ETSU with a straight set win over Luecke on court no. 2, 7-5, 6-0, but CSU's Valeria Koussenkova put the Bucs back in the lead with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court no. 5 over Jessica Brumit.
ETSU took the next two points to come within clinching the match as Nychytailova topped Sidorenko on court no. 1, 6-4, 6-3, while Markesini defeated Gabriela Srodowski on court no. 6, 7-5, 6-1.
Cooper brought the Bucs back and evened the match on court no. 3. After falling in the first set to Esguerra 6-4, the junior from Charleston, S.C. and Porter-Gaud High School rallied back to take the second and third sets by matching 6-2 scores to even the match at 3-3.
After splitting the first two sets on court no. 4, Cloessner trailed Gerbasi in the third and final set, 5-0. Slowly the freshman from Wetzlar, Germany worked her way back into the fold, evening the set at 6-6 before winning in the tiebreaker and clinching the CSU victory over ETSU.
Charleston Southern remains at home this week as the Bucs host UNC Greensboro at the Buccaneer Tennis Complex on Thursday afternoon. First serve in doubles play is set for 2 p.m.
Charleston Southern 4, ETSU 3
Mar 10, 2015 at Charleston, S.C. (Buccaneer Tennis Complex)
Singles competition
1. Reginka Nychytailova (ETSU) def. Angelica Sidorenko (CSU) 6-4, 6-3
2. Lyn Yee Choo (ETSU) def. Nicolin Luecke (CSU) 7-5, 6-0
3. Mi'Kola Cooper (CSU) def. Melissa Esguerra (ETSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
4. Sophie Cloessner (CSU) def. Ana Gerbasi (ETSU) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6
5. Valeria Koussenkova (CSU) def. Jessica Brumit (ETSU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Ionna Markesini (ETSU) def. Gabriela Srodowski (CSU) 7-5, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. Angelica Sidorenko/Mi'Kola Cooper (CSU) def. Lyn Yee Choo/Reginka Nychytailova (ETSU) 8-5
2. Yvonne Hubler/Nicolin Luecke (CSU) def. Ana Gerbasi/Ionna Markesini (ETSU) 8-5
3. Jayde Viccars/Melissa Esguerra (ETSU) def. Marketa Placha/Sophie Cloessner (CSU) 8-6
Match Notes
ETSU 6-3
Charleston Southern 8-1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,5,1,6,3,4)
