CHARLESTON, SC. - The Citadel men's tennis team won the doubles point but dropped a barnburner to the undefeated SoCon regular season champion, East Tennessee State University Bucs, 3-4 on Wednesday afternoon.

This marks the third conference match of the season the Bulldogs have lost by just one point.

ETSU 4, THE CITADEL 3

• Hayden Shoemake / Sebastian Kamieniecki won 6-4 in the top flight before Teo Cariov / Ted Bagwell won by an identical score at 2-doubles to secure the point.
• The Citadel lost the top two singles flights in straight sets.
• Cariov and Noah Van Dyke used three sets to win at 3 & 4 singles respectively, with the latter coming back from an opening set defeat to prevail.
• Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, they would fall in both 5 & 6 singles as the Bucs closed out a 7-0 SoCon slate with a 4-3 win.

Coaches Corner

"We had a barnburner of a match today that lasted nearly four hours against a very good team," said Head Coach Chuck Kriese. "Give credit to ETSU as it lost the doubles point but came back to win four singles matches," continued Kriese. "I wish our season was another month long as our guys are starting to trust and believe but give the credit to ETSU today.'"

Up Next:

The Bulldogs close out the regular season slate on Saturday, April 13 when it hosts the College of Charleston at 1 pm. Senior day festivities will begin prior to the match at 12:45 pm.