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Conway, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers used four singles match victories to defeat the USC Upstate men's tennis team 5-2 in a tightly contested match at the Coastal Carolina Tennis Complex. 

Coastal Carolina improves to 1-0 while Upstate falls to 0-2. 

Coastal Carolina earned the doubles point thanks to a pair of 6-4 wins at No.1 and No. 3 doubles. Fernando Bernardes and Ignacio Garrido claimed a 7-5 victory over Luiz Faria and Francesco Gamero at No. 2 doubles. 

Felix Ewers and Francisco Neto each won their second singles matches of the season. Ewers was a winner at No. 1 singles for the second straight match thanks to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Sebastian Schneider. Neto remained undefeated in his Upstate career as the freshman was a 6-0, 6-3 winner over Gamero at No. 5 singles. 

Upstate will play a neutral site match against Radford on Saturday at 11 a.m. from the Coastal Carolina Tennis Complex. 

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Results

Singles

1. Felix Ewers (UPST) def. Schneider, Sebastian (COASTAL) 6-4, 6-3

2. Faria, Luiz (COASTAL) def. Fernando Bernardes (UPST) 6-2, 6-4

3. Talic, Zak (COASTAL) def. Ankush Arora (UPST) 7-5, 6-1

4. Migliano, Francesco (COASTAL) def. Lenhard Haupt (UPST) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2

5. Francisco Neto (UPST) def. Gamero, Francesco (COASTAL) 6-0, 6-3

6. Ortega, Jose (COASTAL) def. Ignacio Garrido (UPST) 7-6, 6-2

Doubles

1. Schneider, Sebastian/Talic, Zak (COASTAL) def. Felix Ewers/Lenhard Haupt (UPST) 6-4

2. Fernando Bernardes/Ignacio Garrido (UPST) def. Faria, Luiz/Gamero, Francesco (COASTAL) 7-5

3. Migliano, Francesco/Ortega, Jose (COASTAL) def. Ankush Arora/Francisco Neto (UPST) 6-4

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (5,3,2,6,1,4)