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MTEN: Lancers drop first Big South match

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers proved their spot as the top preseason pick in the Big South conference against Longwood this past Saturday, Feb. 13. The Chanticleers almost made a clean sweep, if not for Longwood sophomore Alfonso Castellano’s win from the No. 1 singles position, making it a 6-1 loss for the Lancers.

The Lancers took on the Chanticleers on the road for the opening match of the Big South. The loss started Longwood with a 0-1 record in conference, 1-3 overall. First-year head coach Pierre Tafelski said that the team could take many positives from the match.

“We almost took the double point playing against the top team in the conference and got a big win from Alfonso (Castellano). This team of young men has shown a lot of character, and we saw that today," said Tafelski on the Longwood athletics official website.

A 6-3 win in the No. 2 doubles match by the Longwood pair, sophomore Lachlan Manser and junior Florian Uffer, over Coastal Carolina’s, Al-Mutawa and Schneider, put the Lancers in the position to win doubles. Sophomore Alfonso Castellano and freshman Julian Farthing lost the No. 1 match, deciding the fate of the doubles point, dropping the match to senior Pedro Leme and junior Vuk Velickovic 7-5.

Longwood’s next match is on Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. in Newport News, Va. The Lancers will face Christopher Newport University, looking for another win before their next conference match against Liberty on Mar. 2.