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Carolina Falls Short Against Wake Forest
April 8, 2009 | Men's Tennis
April 8, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - North Carolina lost 4-2 to a top-25 ACC opponent on Wednesday afternoon.
Twenty-fifth ranked Wake Forest won the first four team points decided to clinch the win against the Tar Heels.
Carolina started out the match with a huge upset in doubles play. No. 27 Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman beat Wake Forest's Steve Forman and Cory Parr, ranked first in the nation, by the score of 8-6. The win was the second for Donato and Fogleman against a No. 1 doubles team in the 2008-09 season, as the pair beat then-No. 1 Carl Sundberg and Daniel Vallverdu of Miami in the 2008 All-American Championships.
"It's a good win for [Donato and Fogleman]," said head coach Sam Paul.
In singles, both Fogleman and Luke Mojica fought back from 3-6 first set losses to win their individual matches. Fogleman defeated Steve Forman 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5), while Mojica won 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 against Iain Atkinson.
The Tar Heels will travel to Clemson, S.C. on Friday, April 10 to face the 59th-ranked Tigers. The match will be played at 3:00 p.m.
#25 Wake Forest 4, #36 UNC 2
Records: Wake Forest 17-6 (7-1), UNC 14-8 (3-6)
Doubles
1: Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman [#27] (UNC) d. Steve Forman and Cory Parr [#1] (WF) 8-6
2: Iain Atkinson and Carlos Salmon (WF) d. Andrew Crone and Alex Rafiee (UNC) 8-5
3: David Hopkins and Jonathan Wolff (WF) d. Brennan Boyajian and Zach Hunter (UNC) 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1: Cory Parr [#21] (WF) d. Clay Donato [#35] (UNC) 7-6(3), 6-3
2: Taylor Fogleman [#53] (UNC) d. Steve Forman (WF) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)
3: Jonathan Wolff (WF) d. Brennan Boyajian (UNC) 7-5, 6-1
4: David Hopkins (WF) d. Andrew Crone (UNC) 7-6, 6-4
5: Luke Mojica (UNC) d. Iain Atkinson (WF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
6: Jason Morgenstern (WF) d. Zach Hunter (UNC) 3-1 DNF
Order of finish: 1, 3, 4, 2, 5
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