April 3, 2004

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.-- In a matchup between future ACC rivals, the 42nd-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team cruised to an easy 6-1 victory over #30 Miami Saturday afternoon at Leighton Tennis Stadium. With the win, the Demon Deacons improve to 10-8 on the season while the Hurricanes fall to 11-4.

Victories by the Deacons at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles gave them the early 1-0 advantage. Derrick Spice and Brett Ross were reunited as doubles partners at No. 1 and took an 8-4 win over Miami's Tim Krebs and Colin Purcell. David Loewenthal and Andrew Hamar clinched the go-ahead point for the Deacs with an 8-4 victory over John Hoyes and Jeremiah Fuller at No. 2.

Wake Forest continued its strong play all the way through the singles portion of the match. 37th-ranked Derrick Spice and Todd Paul pulled off three-set wins over their Hurricane opponents at No.1 and No. 2 while Andrew Hamar also outlasted Tim Krebs in a 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4) match at No. 4 singles. David Loewenthal (No. 3) and Brett Ross (No. 5) wasted no time, each coming out on top in straight-sets. Jeremiah Fuller picked up Miami's lone singles victory of the day over Liron Strauss at No. 6, winning 4-6, 6-4, 10-5 in a super-tiebreaker.

Wake Forest returns to action Wednesday when it travels to Clemson to take on the Tigers at 4 p.m. The Deacons then wrap up their regular season schedule with a home match against NC State next Saturday at 11 a.m.

Doubles
No. 1-- Spice/Ross (WF) def. Krebs/Purcell (UM), 8-4
No. 2-- Loewenthal/Hamar (WF) def. Hoyes/Fuller (UM), 8-4
No. 3-- Hechtman/Cohen (UM) def. Paul/Bates (WF), 8-3

Singles
No. 1-- #37 Derrick Spice (WF) def. Josh Cohen (UM), 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-5
No. 2-- Todd Paul (WF) def. #93 Eric Hechtman (UM), 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-2
No. 3-- David Loewenthal (WF) def. John Hoyes (UM), 6-1, 6-4
No. 4-- Andrew Hamar (WF) def. Tim Krebs (UM), 5-7, 6-2, 7-6(4)
No. 5-- Brett Ross (WF) def. Colin Purcell (UM), 6-4, 6-0
No. 6-- Jeremiah Fuller (UM) def. Liron Strauss (WF), 4-6, 6-4, 10-5