North Carolina
North Carolina State
Tar Heels Drop Road Match To Wolfpack
March 4, 2009 | Men's Tennis
March 4, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina lost a tough match to neighboring rival North Carolina State Wednesday afternoon, losing 5-2 in an away match played in Raleigh.
The 39th-ranked Wolfpack notched their first ACC win by beating UNC, while the 29th-ranked Tar Heels suffered their first ACC loss.
N.C. State jumped out to an early lead by winning two of three doubles matches to secure the team point. Twenty-second ranked Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman won the second doubles match finished to keep UNC's hopes of winning the team point alive, but State's 52nd-ranked pair edged the Tar Heels' No. 2 team shortly afterwards to gain a one point lead.
Brennan Boyajian quickly brought the match back to even with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Julian Sullivan to open up singles play. Team captain Taylor Fogleman followed with a 6-1, 6-2 victory against 91st-ranked Christian Welte to give the Tar Heels a 2-1 lead. The Wolfpack then reeled off four straight wins in a row to bring the team tally to 5-2 in their favor.
Carolina will look to rebound against Bethune Cookman in a neutral-site match in Orlando, Fla. The match will be played on March 9 at 3 p.m.
#39 N.C. State 5, #29 UNC 2
Records: N.C. State 7-6 (1-0), UNC 9-3 (0-1)
Doubles
1: Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman [#22] (UNC) d. Christian Welte and Julian Sullivan (N.C. St.) 8-4
2: Jay Weinacker and Jaime Pulgar [#52] (N.C. St.) d. Andrew Crone and Zach Hunter (UNC) 9-7
3: Rob Lowe and Frideric Prandecki (N.C. St.) d. Brennan Boyajian and Luke Mojica (UNC) 8-5
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles
1: Jay Weinacker [#75] (N.C. St.) d. Clay Donato [#23] (UNC) 6-4, 6-2
2: Taylor Fogleman [#50] (UNC) d. Christian Welte [#91] (N.C. St.) 6-1, 6-2
3: Jaime Pulgar (N.C. St.) d. Andrew Crone (UNC) 6-4, 6-4
4: Brennan Boyajian (UNC) d. Julian Sullivan (N.C. St.) 6-2, 6-2
5: Derek Stephens (N.C. St.) d. Luke Mojica (UNC) 7-6(8), 7-5
6: David Chermak (N.C. St.) d. Alex Rafiee (UNC) 6-3, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 2, 1, 3, 6, 5
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