Feb. 3, 2002

BLACKSBURG, VA - The Wake Forest men's tennis team opened up its dual schedule Sunday afternoon at Virginia Tech's Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. The 43rd ranked Demon Deacons were upset 4-3 by the No. 61 Hokies.

Virginia Tech captured the doubles point with a pair of victories in the first and third matches as the Demon Deacon duo of Trent Brendon and David Loewenthal lost 8-4 in the first match and the Hokie tandem of Andreas Laulund and Stephane Rod battled past Wake Forest's David Bere and Justin Kaufmann 9-8 (3). Mike Murray and Derrick Spice did beat Virginia Tech's team of Davor Dupljack and Michael Kurz 8-4 in the second doubles match.

Wake Forest took three out of the six singles matches as Brendon won 6-4, 7-6 (5) over Kurz in the No. 5 match, Bere beat Laulund 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 in the No. 3 match and Loewenthal took out Saber 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the No. 1 match. Spice lost 7-6 (6), 6-4 to Huot in the No. 2 match, Murray fell 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to Dupljak in the No. 4 match and Kaufmann could not hold off Rod in the No. 6 match, falling 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).

The Demon Deacons, 0-1 on the season, will return to action Saturday, Feb. 9, when they travel to Williamsburg, VA, to take on William & Mary.

#61 Virginia Tech 4, #43 Wake Forest 3

Singles 1. David Loewenthal def. Saber Kadiri 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 2. Francis Huot def. Derrick Spice 7-6 (6), 6-4 3. David Bere def. Andreas Laulund 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 4. Davor Dupljak def. Michael Murray 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 5. Trent Brendon def. Michael Kurz 6-4, 7-6 (5) 6. Stephane Rod def. Justin Kaufmann 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3)

Doubles 1. Huot/Kadiri def. Brendon/Loewenthal 8-4 2. Murray/Spice def. Dupljak/Kurz 8-4 3. Laulund/Rod def. Bere/Kaufmann 9-8 (3)