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UNC Falls To Ohio State At Home
February 15, 2011 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 15, 2011
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The UNC Tar Heels lost a tough match against a top-five opponent Tuesday afternoon.
No. 4 Ohio State secured a 6-1 victory behind a strong showing in the singles portion of the dual match.
North Carolina engineered an upset at the third doubles flight, as Cameron Ahari and William Parker defeated 66th-ranked Devin McCarthy and Blas Novak
8-6. The Buckeyes won the other two matches to secure the team doubles point.
The lone bright spot for the Tar Heels in singles play was No. 107 Stefan Hardy's straight-sets victory against 103rd-ranked Ille Van Engelen. William Parker was tied through two sets with No. 55 Devin McCarthy, but was forced to play a 10-point tiebreaker in place of his third set since the team match had already been decided, which he lost 10-6.
UNC will travel to South Bend next to face Notre Dame this Sunday at noon.
#4 Ohio State 6, #20 North Carolina 1
Records: UNC 3-3, Ohio State 9-0
Doubles
1. #10 Matt Allare and Peter Kobelt (OSU) d. #20 Brennan Boyajian and Jose Hernandez (UNC) 8-5
2. #6 Chase Buchanan and Blaz Rola [#6] (OSU) d. Stefan Hardy and Zach Hunter (UNC) 8-4
3. Cameron Ahari and William Parker (UNC) d. #66 Devin McCarthy and Blas Novak (OSU) 8-6
Order finished: #1, #2, #3 (1:05)
Singles
1. #21 Chase Buchanan (OSU) d. #30 Jose Hernandez (UNC) 7-5, 6-0
2. #5 Blaz Rola (OSU) d. #101 Brennan Boyajian (UNC) 6-2, 7-5
3. #107 Stefan Hardy (UNC) d. #103 Ille Van Engelen (OSU) 6-1, 6-2
4. #45 Matt Allare (OSU) d. Cameron Ahari (UNC) 6-2, 6-1
5. Blas Novak (OSU) d. Kyle Baker (UNC) 6-1, 6-1
6. #55 Devin McCarthy (OSU) d. William Parker (UNC) 6(5)-7, 6-3, 1-0(6)
Order finished: #4, #3, #5, #2* (1:20), #6, #1
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