ORANGEBURG, SC—The South Carolina State men's tennis team got off to a slow start allowing the Bulldogs to suffer a 3-4 defeat to Coastal Carolina Saturday (Sept. 22^nd) at the Hardeep Judge Tennis Center.

CCU claimed the doubles point early in the contest.

SCSU bounced back to earn singles wins at the No. 1 spot

In singles action Marcelo Rodriguez defeated Pyry Hyrkkonen (6-3,6-4) at the No.2 spot; Arzaluz Bonifacio defeated Joel Popov (6-2,6-1) at the No. 5 spot and Skander Abdallah-Ben defeated Cori Francesco 2-6,6-3,6-2 at the No.6 spot.

Next up South Carolina State returns to action Friday (Feb 28^th) on the road at UNC-Asheville in a 3 p.m. start.

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