North Carolina
Boston College
Tar Heels Post Second Straight 7-0 Win
March 28, 2009 | Men's Tennis
March 28, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The North Carolina Tar Heels won their second straight ACC match by a 7-0 margin against Boston College on Saturday afternoon.
The 42nd-ranked Tar Heels won every match played, extending their ACC individual match win streak to 18.
Doubles play began with a lopsided victory in a No. 1 spot match between two top-60 pairs. Thirty-fourth ranked Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman had no trouble with No. 59 Erik Kreutzer and Thomas Nolan in an 8-1 win. Andrew Crone, Luke Mojica, Brennan Boyajian and Zach Hunter followed with two 8-6 wins for the doubles sweep.
Donato got the Tar Heels started in singles play, beating Boston College's Thomas Nolan 6-4, 6-1 to make Carolina's lead 2-0. Freshman Zach Hunter followed with the singles win that had the largest margin of victory of the day, a 6-3, 6-0 defeat of the Eagles' Brian Locklear. Mojica's 6-3, 6-4 win slammed the door on any comeback hopes for Boston College by delivering the fourth team point to UNC.
After the match was decided, Fogleman extended his win streak to 11 in a straight-sets win over Akash Muppidi. Boyajian made a comeback against Alex Skinner to pull out a three-set victory at the score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.
The Tar Heels will face a much stiffer test when Duke visits Chapel Hill on Tuesday, March 31. The 30th-ranked Blue Devils play Carolina at 3 p.m. at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Tuesday's match will be worth one point in the 2008-09 Carlyle Cup competition, the annual all-sports matchup between the two schools. UNC currently leads the standings 11.5 points to 6.5 points in 2008-09. Points are awarded on head-to-head matchups in 23 varsity sports. Carolina has won the Cup four times, Duke three times and there has been one tie.
#42 UNC 7, Boston College 0
Records: UNC 13-5 (2-3), Boston College 13-8 (0-8)
Doubles
1: Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman [#34] (UNC) d. Erik Kreutzer and Thomas Nolan [#59] (BC) 8-1
2: Andrew Crone and Luke Mojica (UNC) d. Brian Garber and Alex Skinner (BC) 8-6
3: Brennan Boyajian and Zach Hunter (UNC) d. Adam Davison and Akash Muppidi (BC) 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1: Clay Donato [#36] (UNC) d. Thomas Nolan (BC) 6-4, 6-1
2: Taylor Fogleman [#54] (UNC) d. Akash Muppidi (BC) 6-3, 6-2
3: Andrew Crone (UNC) d. Erik Kreutzer (BC) 7-5, 5-5
4: Brennan Boyajian (UNC) d. Alex Skinner (BC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
5: Luke Mojica (UNC) d. Brendon Wong (BC) 6-3, 6-4
6: Zach Hunter (UNC) d. Brian Locklear (BC) 6-3, 6-0
Order of finish: 1, 6, 5, 2, 4, 3
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