Thirouin Wins Twice in 49ers Defeat

Thursday, March 10

Charlotte, N.C.

2:00 PM

Boston College

Charlotte

March 10, 2016 | Men's Tennis

Eagles senior captures the lone point on the day

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Boston College men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 match to the host Charlotte 49ers on Thursday afternoon at the Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex.

Senior Alexandre Thirouin gained the Eagles' lone point on the day, winning his singles match on the No. 4 court in three sets, topping Charlotte's Orion Puig Forne, 4-6, 6-4, 10-6. He also teamed with Aiden McNulty to win on the No. 2 double court over the pairing of Sam Brazil and Sam Rice, 6-3.

Jeffrey Melvin also pushed his single match to three sets before ultimately falling, 10-7, in the third.

BC returns to action tomorrow, Friday, March 11, when the travel to Winston-Salem, N.C. to face No. 9 Wake Forest at 4 p.m.

Charlotte 6, Boston College 1
Halton-Wagner Tennis Complex, Charlotte, N.C.
March 10, 2016

Singles
No. 1 - Vikram Hundal (CHAR) def. Hank Workman (BC) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 - Jordi Massalle Ferrer (CHAR) def. Aidan McNulty (BC) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - Alejandro Garcia Moreno (CHAR) def. Jeffrey Melvin (BC) 5-7, 6-2, 10-7
No. 4 – Alexandre Thirouin (BC) def. Oriol Puig Forne (CHAR) 4-6, 6-4, 10-6
No. 5 - Sam Rice (CHAR) def. Kent Mukai (BC) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 - Jensen Martin (CHAR) def. Will Turner (BC) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 - Vikram Hundal/Jordi Massalle Ferrer (CHAR) def. Kyle Childree/Hank Workman (BC) 6-2
No. 2 – Alexandre Thirouin/Aidan McNulty (BC) def. Sam Brazil/Sam Rice (CHAR) 6-3
No. 3 - Josh Aubrey/Carl Solik (CHAR) def. Kent Mukai/Jeffrey Melvin 6-2