March 29, 2000

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The Wake Forest men's tennis team was defeated by the fifth-ranked Duke Blue Devils 5-2 at Leighton Tennis Stadium Wednesday night.

Wake grabbed a 1-0 lead by winning two of three doubles matches. Michael Murray and Brett Mauro defeated Andres Pedroso and Michael Yani 8-6 at No. 2 doubles. Justin Kaufmann and Trent Brendon defeated Pedro Escudero and Joel Spicher 8-3 at No. 2 to give the Deacs the early lead.

Duke came back to win five of the six singles matches to take the 5-2 victory. The lone Wake singles win was Brendon, who defeated Yorke Allen 6-2, 6-2 at No. 6.

With the loss, Wake drops to 8-8 overall and 1-4 in the ACC, while Duke improves to 12-4 and 2-0. The Deacs will return to action on Saturday, April 1 when they travel to Clemson, SC to take on the Clemson Tigers.

#5 Duke 5 #72 Wake Forest 2
Singles
No. 1 Doug Root (DU) d. Johan Hansen (WF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 Ramsey Smith (DU) d. Michael Berger (WF) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
No. 3 Andres Pedroso (DU) d. Michael Murray (WF) 6-4, 6-1
No. 4 Joel Spicher (DU) d. David Bere (WF) 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 Marko Cerenko (DU) d. Justin Kaufmann (WF) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
No. 6 Trent Brendon (WF) d. Yorke Allen (DU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 Root/Smith (DU) d. Berger/Mauro (WF) 8-4
No. 2 Murray/Hansen (WF) d. Pedroso/Yani (DU) 8-6
No. 3 Kaufmann/Brendon (WF) d. Escudero/Spicher (DU) 8-3