NORFOLK, Va. – The 62nd ranked Old Dominion men's tennis team fell 4-3 on Sunday to 45th-ranked Charlotte in a Conference USA matchup at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
ODU (12-7, 3-2) took the doubles point with wins at number two and three spots. Oliver Nolan and Codie van Schalkwyk scored a 6-3 win over Coy Simon and Abhimanyu Vannemredd at the second spot, while Francois Le Tallec and Oliver Tobisch defeated Stefanos Savva and Vasco Prata 6-4 at number three. The top doubles spot was tied 6-6 and 5-5 in the tie-breaker when the point was clinched.
Charlotte raced out to a 3-1 lead in singles with wins at the number one, three and six spots. Old Dominion trimmed the deficit to 3-2 as van Schalkwyk won 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 over Simon at number four. The last two matches were deep into a third set, but Charlotte won a 7-3 tiebreaker at number two to lock up the win.
ODU returns to action on April 15 at VCU, before ending the regular season the next afternoon hosting William & Mary.
ODU HEAD COACH DOMINIK MUELLER ON CHARLOTTE MATCH
We lost this match in the first hour of singles. We weren't able to capitalize on the momentum after winning the doubles point and got behind very bad. The last three guys had some heroic efforts to come back and put us in a position to win, but those comebacks don't happen too often and the hole today was just too big.
No. 62 Men's Tennis Rallies But Falls To No. 45 Charlotte 4-2
