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Tar Heels Win At Louisville In Regular-Season Finale
April 23, 2017 | Men's Tennis
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – North Carolina earned its second win of the weekend over a ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team Sunday, wrapping up regular-season action with a 6-1 victory at No. 39 Louisville.
With the win, the Tar Heels finished conference play 10-2, a program high for regular-season ACC wins. Carolina earned the No. 3 seed in the upcoming ACC Men's Tennis Championship, which begins Wednesday in Rome, Ga. UNC, 23-3 overall, received a bye into the quarterfinals and will open play Friday (April 28) at 10 a.m.
For more information on the championship, click here.
Coming off a 4-3 win on Friday at No. 20 Georgia Tech, the Tar Heels headed for Louisville and the regular-season finale. UNC won the doubles point with 6-1 victories at No. 1 (Jack Murray and Simon Soendergaard) and No. 2 (Robert Kelly and Josh Peck).
In singles, the Tar Heels won all six first sets and rolled to straight-sets wins on four courts. Murray, on Court 4, was the first to finish, beating George Hedley 6-0, 6-2. On Court 3, Kelly beat Nicolas Rouanet by the same scores to give Carolina a 3-0 lead.
The clinching UNC point came from sophomore Anu Kodali on Court 6, where he beat Clement Filho 6-2, 6-2. Classmate Blaine Boyden then won on Court 5, 6-2, 6-1 over UL's Brandon Lancaster.
The Cardinals picked up a point at No. 2 singles. UNC's Simon Soendergaard won the first set 6-2, but Louisville's Parker Wynn won the second 6-3 to send the match into a 10-point tie-breaker. Wynn won that 10-3 to claim the win.
The No. 1 match also went to a 10-point tiebreaker, but Tar Heel Ronnie Schneider came out on the winning side. After claiming the first set 6-2, the senior fell 4-6 in the second before rebounding to win the tiebreaker 10-3.
UNC 6 UL 1 Schneider wins 10-3 in 3rd set TB pic.twitter.com/3AaPjTOjEc
— UNC Men's Tennis (@carolinatennis) April 23, 2017
No. 12 UNC 6, No. 39 Louisville 1
Louisville, Ky. • Bass-Rudd Tennis Center
Doubles
1. Jack Murray/Simon Soendergaard (UNC) def. #51 Sean Donohue/Parker Wynn (LOU) 6-1
2. Robert Kelly/Josh Peck (UNC) def. C. Morin-Kougoucheff/Ciro Lampasas (LOU) 6-1
3. Anu Kodali/Ronnie Schneider (UNC) vs. George Hedley/Nicolas Rouanet (LOU) 4-1
Singles
1. #19 Ronnie Schneider (UNC) def. #114 C. Morin-Kougoucheff (LOU) 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (9-3)
2. Parker Wynn (LOU) def. Simon Soendergaard (UNC) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (9-3)
3. #110 Robert Kelly (UNC) def. Nicolas Rouanet (LOU) 6-0, 6-2
4. Jack Murray (UNC) def. George Hedley (LOU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Blaine Boyden (UNC) def. Brandon Lancaster (LOU) 6-2, 6-1
6. Anu Kodali (UNC) def. Clement Filho (LOU) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,3,6,5,2,1)
Records:
North Carolina 23-3 (10-2 ACC); National ranking #12
Louisville 19-8 (6-6 ACC); National ranking #39
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