Tennis Splits with Coastal Carolina
Men Win 6-1; Women Fall 6-1

Radford, Va. -- Radford’s men’s tennis team cruised to a 6-1 victory over Coastal Carolina, while the women fell to the Lady Chanticleers, 6-1 in Big South Tennis action from the Dedmon Center Courts this afternoon.

The men opened up winning the doubles point with victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 matches. The teams of Brandon Johnson/Dominic Soeur and Joakim Arhammar/Robel Mengisteab won 8-4, 8-6 respectively. In singles competition, Johnson, Arhammar, Andre’ Cavaco, Arthur Vasarevic and Mengisteab earned straight-set victories at No. 1 through No. 5 for the Highlanders.

For the women, Laura Dickenson earned the lone point for the Highlanders, winning 6-1, 6-3 in the No. 5 singles match. The Lady Chanticleers swept through doubles and won the other five singles in straight sets.

The men will be back in action on April 9 when they take on Virginia in Charlottesville at 6:30 p.m., while the women will travel to Virginia Intermont on April 8 at 3 p.m.


Men’s Results

Radford 6, Coastal Carolina 1

Singles
1. Brandon Johnson (RU) def. Arnaud Caffin (CCU), 6-4, 6-4
2. Joakim Arhammar (RU) def. Oscar Gomez (CCU), 6-1, 6-2
3. Andre’ Cavaco (RU) def. Adam Adler (CCU), 6-4, 6-2
4. Arthur Vasarevic (RU) def. Jean-Phillippe Cloutier, 6-0, 6-4
5. Robel Mengisteab (RU) def. Guatam Padmahaban (CCU), 6-1, 6-2
6. Mohammed El Bouzkouri (CCU) def. Dominic Soeur (RU), 6-4, 2-6, 10-5

Doubles
1. Johnson/Soeur (RU) def. Caffin/Gomez (CCU), 8-4
2. Cloutier/Nathan Forester (CCU) def. Cavaco/Vasarevic (RU), 8-6
3. Arhammar/Mengisteab (RU) def. Adler/Brian Dowis (CCU), 8-6

Women’s Results

Coastal Carolin 6, Radford 1

Singles
1. Medina Bajrambasic (CCU) def. Jihane Najdi (RU), 6-1, 6-1
2. Dana Goffin (CCU) def. Cristina Glas (RU), 6-1, 6-4
3. Marie Matrka (CCU) def. Caroline Downs (RU), 6-3, 6-4
4. Stephanie Koot (CCU) Ashley Stevenson (RU), 6-0, 6-0
5. Laura Dickinson (RU) def. Kamla Palmer (CCU), 6-1, 6-3
6. Rosemary Younger (CCU) def. Amy Costello (RU), 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
1. Bajrambasic/Matrka (CCU) def. Stevenson/Glas (RU), 8-1
2. Goffin/Koot (CCU) def. Dickenson/Najdi (RU), 8-3
3. Palmer/Younger (CCU) def. Downs/Costello (RU), 8-4