March 12, 2001
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -
The 32nd ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team
defeated No. 47 Florida State, 6-1 Monday afternoon in the Deac's
conference opener. The match began at Leighton Stadium and ended at the
Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center because of rain. Wake Forest captured
the doubles point and then took five of the six singles matches.
Mike Murray and David Bere made quick work of Seminoles' Bartosz Koldej
and Gustav Bucht in the number two doubles match, winning 8-5. Raul
Munoz and David Loewenthal couldn't stop Florida State's Alex Herrera in
the number one doubles match, losing 8-6. Wake Forest secured the point
when Justin Kaufmann and Andrew Simpson dropped Jeff Scarella and Jerrod
Owen of Florida State 8-6 in the number three doubles match.
Bere, Loewenthal, Murray, Brendon and Kaufmann picked up wins for the
Demon Deacons in singles play. Bere topped Florida State's Bucht, 6-2,
6-3 in the number two match. Loewenthal was too much for Florida State's
Owen winning 6-2, 6-2 in the number three match. Brendon also won in
straight sets for the Deacs, blasting Scarella of Florida State 6-2,
6-4. Kaufmann and Murray finished up indoors after the rain started and
outlasted their Seminole opponents. Kaufmann beat Rodrigo Laub 7-6, 6-3
(4) and Murray came back from behind to beat Romain Jurd 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Raul Munoz lost the number one match to Florida State's Xavier Luscan
6-1, 6-3.
Florida State falls to 6-5 on the season and 2-1 in the ACC, while Wake
Forest improves to 7-2 on the year and 1-0 in the ACC. The Demon Deacons
will return to action this weekend when they travel to Montgomery, AL,
to compete in the Blue Gray Tournament March 15-18.
Singles
Wake Forest (32) Florida State (47) Winner Score
1. Raul Munoz Xavier Luscan (99) FSU 6-1, 6-3
2. David Bere Gustav Bucht WFU 6-2, 6-3
3. David Loewenthal Jarrod Owen WFU 6-2, 6-2
4. Mike Murray Romain Jurd WFU 4-6, 6-1, 6-2
5. Trent Brendon Jeff Scarella WFU 6-2, 6-4
6. Justin Kaufmann Rodrigo Laub WFU 7-6, 6-3 (4)
Doubles
1. Munoz/Loewenthal Alex Herrera/Bucht FSU 8-6
2. Murray/Bere Bartosz Koldej/Luscan WFU 8-5
3. Kaufmann/Andrew Simpson Scarella/Owen WFU 8-6
