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Tar Heels' Upset Bid Against Georgia Tech Falls Short
March 23, 2003 | Men's Tennis
March 23, 2003
ATLANTA, GA. - Roger Anderson's three-set win at No. 1 singles over Trystan Meniane led the Georgia Tech men's tennis team to a 4-3 victory over North Carolina on Sunday afternoon at the Bill Moore Tennis Center in Atlanta, Ga. With the win, the Yellow Jackets improved to 11-3 overall and 3-1 in the ACC The Tar Heels lost their fourth match in a row and are now 7-6 overall and 0-1 in the ACC.
After Tech claimed the doubles point in the match, the two teams split the six singles. The Yellow Jackets came from 39th-ranked Roger Anderson over UNC's #29 Trystan Meniane in three sets at #1 singles along with wins by Jason Pieters at #3 and West Nott at #5.
UNC's Nicholas Monroe upset 69th-ranked Scott Schugg of Georgia Tech by a 7-5, 6-2 score at #2 singles and Carolina also got singles wins by Derek Porter at #4 and Geoff Boyd at #6.
The Tar Heels will try to get back into the winning column next Saturday when the Tar Heels travel to Clemson to meet the Tigers at 1 p.m.
#24 GEORGIA TECH 4, #39 NORTH CAROLINA 3
DOUBLES
1. Anderson/Schnugg (GT) d. Meniane/Monroe (NC), 9-7
2. Greg Archer/Pinchbeck (NC) d. Pieters/Menano (GT), 8-4
3. Trevor McLeod/Nott (GT) d. Boyd/Jonathan Janda (NC), 8-4
SINGLES
1. #39 Roger Anderson (GT) d. #29 Trystan Meniane (NC), 6-7 (0), 6-3, 6-4
2. Nicholas Monroe (NC) d. #69 Scott Schnugg (GT), 7-5, 6-2
3. Jason Pieters (GT) d. Daniel Pinchbeck (NC), 7-6 (7), 1-6, 6-2
4. Derek Porter (NC) d. Joao Menano (GT), 6-0, 7-5
5. West Nott (GT) d. Andy Metzler (NC), 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-0
6. Geoff Boyd (NC) d. Marko Rajevac (GT), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
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