CONWAY, S.C. – The Furman men's tennis team suffered a 6-1 setback to the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in non-conference action, Friday afternoon at Stevens Tennis Complex.

Furman drops to 1-5 overall while Coastal Carolina remains undefeated at 4-0.

The Chanticleers took an early 1-0 lead over the Paladins after winning at No. 1 and No. 3 to claim the doubles point. Jack Dixon and Eric Tripathi topped Nicolas Dispas and Nico Snyder at No. 1, 6-3, and Iannis Fernandes and Curzio Manucci captured the point at No. 3 with their 7-5 triumph over Alex Han and Finn Pollard.

Rivers Cahill and Christopher Norlin were leading their No. 2 match over Evan Duggal and Landon Ecarma, 5-4, when Coastal Carolina picked up the doubles point.

In singles, the Chanticleers recorded wins at No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 to secure the 6-1 victory. Tripathi got things started playing at No. 3 with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against Duggal, and Juan Cruz followed at No. 4 with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Walker Allen. Dixon then added a 6-4, 6-3 triumph versus Theophile Joly at No. 2.

Snyder got the Paladins on the board at No. 1 following his second victory of the season. The sophomore from San Juan, Puerto Rico, defeated Norlin in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3.

The final two singles matches went into the third set with Dispas playing at No. 5 and Ecarma at No. 6. Ecarma took the first set of his No. 6 contest with Cahill before dropping the final two, 5-7, 0-1(2). Dispas also won his first set against Manucci, 6-1, when Manucci registered scores of 7-5 and 1-0(9) in the second and third.

Furman remains in Conway, S.C., Saturday morning to face William & Mary at 10 a.m.

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