The Presbyterian Blue Hose return to action on the road at Coastal Carolina this Friday, March 18 at 2 p.m.
MATCHDAY CENTRAL
MATCHUP: Presbyterian (10-7) at Coastal Carolina (7-7)
TIME: Friday, March 18 at 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Stevens Tennis Complex (Conway, S.C.)
LAST TIME OUT
The Blue Hose collected Big South Conference road wins at Hampton (W, 4-0) and North Carolina A&T (W, 5-2) last weekend.
BIG SOUTH WEEKLY HONORS
Presbyterian has now had five players garner Big South weekly honors this season. This week,
Javier Matos captured the Big South Player of the Week accolades for the first time in his career.
Max Benson was named Big South Player of the Week for the fourth time in his career on February 16.
Sebastian Dominguez (January 19) and
Georgije Babic (February 2) garnered league player of the week honors this season for the first time in their careers.
Dusan Milanovic has earned Big South Freshman of the Week honors this times this season (January 19, March 2, March 16)
BLUE HOSE BY THE NUMBERS
Dominguez enters the contest on a five-match winning streak. Milanovic has won four straight matches. Matos has won three straight matches. Dominguez, Matos, and Milanovic are tied for the team lead with nine singles wins apiece. Benson has collected eight singles wins.
Teo Cariov has won six straight singles matches. Babic and Cariov have each tallied six wins.
Nicholas McKinney has won five matches this season.
Pedro Cardoso has recorded four singles wins.
The doubles tandem of Benson and Milanovic, who have been nationally ranked this season, lead the Blue Hose with 12 wins on court one. The doubles team of Dominguez and Matos have won four straight matches on court three.
SCOUTING THE COASTAL CAROLINA CHANTICLEERS
Coastal Carolina enters the match with a 7-7 record. The Chanticleers have won two of their last three matches with wins over South Carolina State and Radford.
Bastien Huon and Niccolo Rossi have each collected a team-leading eight singles wins. Federico Garnier and Diego Giraldo have each recorded seven wins.
The doubles team of Huon and Rossi lead the team with seven wins.
