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Tar Heel Men's Tennis Team Opens With Win Over Davidson
January 31, 2004 | Men's Tennis
Jan. 31, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Led by wins by senior Nick Monroe at No. 1 singles and doubles, the North Carolina men's tennis team opened its 94th season of competition Saturday with a 7-0 victory over in-state foe Davidson. Monroe, ranked 23rd nationally in singles, combined with Geoff Boyd for an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles and then downed Rob Haywood of Davidson in straight sets to power the Tar Heel victory.
Monroe's victory clinched the match for UNC which will play James Madison at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The win improved Monroe to 14-4 this season.
Sophomore Brad Pomeroy played at No. 5 singles and earned his first ever dual match win for the Tar Heels, who won five of the singles in straight sets. Boyd won at No. 6 in three sets. After splitting the first two sets with Porus Jetli, a tiebreaker was played for the third set with Boyd posting an exhausting 17-15 win.
Davidson played the match minus 32-year head coach Jeff Frank who is recovering from surgery. It is the first match in his coaching career that Frank has missed.
North Carolina 7, Davidson 0
Doubles (team winning majority of matches wins one team point)
No. 1 Geoff Boyd / Nick Monroe (UNC) d. Rob Haywood / Donald Miles (DC), 8-1
No. 2 Jonathan Britt /Rob Gould (DC) d. Raian Luchici / Andy Metzler (UNC), 9-7
No. 3 Jonathan Janda / Brad Pomeroy (UNC) d. Russ Burns / Bryan Stonestreet (DC), 8-6
Singles
No. 1 Nick Monroe [ranked #23] (UNC) d. Rob Haywood (DC), 6-4, 6-2*
No. 2 Derek Porter (UNC) d. Donald Miles (DC), 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 Andy Metzler (UNC) d. Bryan Stonestreet (DC), 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Raian Luchici (UNC) d. Jonathan Britt (DC), 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Brad Pomeroy (UNC) d. Russ Burns (DC), 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Geoff Boyd (UNC) d. Porus Jetli (DC), 6-7, 6-1, 17-15
*Clinched Match
Official: Steve Spivey
Order of Finish in Singles: #3, #4, #1, #5, #2, #6
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