Friday, May 3
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
4
vs
0
Navy (NCAA First Round)
Freshman Brian Cernoch won at No. 4 singles as the Tar Heels advanced in NCAA Tournament play with a 4-0 win over Navy.
Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati
UNC Marches On To NCAA Second Round Match Saturday Vs. Georgia
May 3, 2019 | Men's Tennis
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The 10th-ranked North Carolina men's tennis team advanced in NCAA Tournament play Friday with a shutout win over Navy at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Playing on their home courts on a sunny, late afternoon, the Tar Heels didn't drop a set on the way to a 4-0 win over the Midshipmen.
1st Round #NCAATennis Win vs Navy ✅ pic.twitter.com/AvJIrditr8
— UNC Men's Tennis (@carolinatennis) May 3, 2019
The first-round win moves the Tar Heels ()19-6) on to a second-round matchup on Saturday with No. 18 Georgia, which beat Elon 4-0 in the earlier first-round game in Chapel Hill. The Tar Heels and Bulldogs will face off at 4 p.m., following two first-round matchups in the NCAA women's bracket. Oklahoma and Winthrop play at 10 a.m. and the Tar Heel women, seeded second in the NCAA field, face South Carolina State at 1 p.m.
Friday against Navy, Carolina claimed the doubles point with wins on Courts 1 and 3. Court 3 was the first to finish, with Mac Kiger and Simon Soendergaard cruising to a 6-1 victory. The top Tar Heel team of William Blumberg and Blaine Boyden, now ranked No. 13 nationally, won 6-3 to clinch the point.
UNC 1 Navy 0 WOW what a point to clinch doubles, 6-3 Blumberg/Boyden pic.twitter.com/VDSLhdb56K
— UNC Men's Tennis (@carolinatennis) May 3, 2019
In singles, freshman Brian Cernoch finished first, serving out a 6-2, 6-2 win over Jack McBride on Court 4 to make it 2-0 Tar Heels. Boyden wrapped up on Court 5 about seven minutes later, when his opponent sent a return into the net to give the Tar Heel senior a 6-1, 6-3 win.
Playing on Court 6, Soendergaard came close to closing out his match to give UNC a sweep on the lower bank of courts, but it was junior Josh Peck on Court 3 who managed to finish first, beating Greg Durham 6-1, 6-3 to give Carolina the clinching point.
FINAL UNC 4 Navy 0 Peck clinches on 40-40 pt, 6-1, 6-3 #NCAATennis 1st Rd UNC-UGA Saturday 4pm pic.twitter.com/7XZnQbzLBr
— UNC Men's Tennis (@carolinatennis) May 3, 2019
The Tar Heels led in the second set on Courts 1, 2 and 6 when play wrapped up.
No. 10 North Carolina 4, Navy 0
Singles
Order of finish: 4,5,3
- #19 William Blumberg (UNC) vs. Andrew Ton (Navy), 6-2, 3-2 unfinished
- #39 Benjamin Sigouin (UNC) vs. Derrick Thompson (Navy), 6-4, 4-3 unfinished
- #110 Josh Peck (UNC) d. Greg Durham (Navy), 6-1, 6-3
- #116 Brian Cernoch (UNC) d. Jack McBride (Navy), 6-2, 6-2
- Blaine Boyden (UNC) d. Jake Fishkin (Navy), 6-1, 6-3
- Simon Soendergaard (UNC) vs. Peter Lohrbach (Navy), 6-4, 5-2 unfinished
Doubles
Order of finish: 3,1
- #13 Blumberg/Boyden (UNC) d. Dabek/Ton (Navy), 6-3
- #90 Cernoch/Sigouin (UNC) vs. Durham/Thompson (Navy), 5-6 unfinished
- Kiger/Soendergaard (UNC) d. Kjellberg/McBride (Navy), 6-1
Records: UNC 19-6, Navy 31-14
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