April 10, 2002
WINSTON-SALEM, NC - The Wake Forest men's tennis team was defeated 5-0
at home Wednesday afternoon by No. 24 South Carolina. The Gamecocks took
a very close doubles point from the 22nd-ranked Demon Deacons and then
ran away with the win in singles play.
David Loewenthal and Trent Brendon, beat South Carolina's doubles team
of Marcus Westmas and Angelo Niculescu 8-6 in the No. 1 doubles match.
Wake Forest's David Bere and Justin Kaufmann lost 8-6 in the No. 3
doubles match to South Carolina's David Nelson and Ben Atkinson. After
playing to a 8-8 tie in the No. 2 doubles match, Seth Rose and Carl
Wermee fought past Wake Forest's Mike Murray and Derrick Spice 16-14 in
the tiebreaker, giving the Gamecocks a 1-0 advantage going into singles
play.
Loewenthal and Spice both lost in straight sets, as 55th-ranked Rose
took out 41st-ranked Loewenthal 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 1 singles match and
90th-ranked Westman beat Spice 7-5, 6-3 in the No. 3 singles match. Bere
and Murray both jumped out to 4-0 leads before losing. 75th-ranked
Niculescu came back to beat Bere 7-6 (2), 6-4 in the No. 2 singles match
and Nelson came back to hand Murray a 7-6 (5), 6-2 defeat at No. 4
singles.
Wake Forest falls to 15-4 with the loss and South Carolina improves to
14-6 with the win. The Demon Deacons return to action on Sunday, April
14, when they close out the regular season with NC State following the
women's noon match at Leighton Stadium.
(24) South Carolina 5, (22) Wake Forest 0
Singles
1. #55 Seth Rose (USC) def. #41 David Loewenthal (WFU) 6-3, 6-2
2. #75 Angelo Niculescu (USC) def. David Bere (WFU) 7-6 (2), 6-4
3. #90 Marcus Westman (USC) def. Derrick Spice (WFU) 7-5, 6-3
4. David Nelson (USC) def. Mike Murray (WFU) 7-6 (5), 6-2
5. Trent Brendon (WFU) vs. Carl Wermee (USC) 4-6, 6-3 - DNF
6. Justin Kaufmann (WFU) vs. Rodrigo Pacheco (USC) 1-2 - DNF
Doubles
1. #53 Loewenthal/Brendon (WFU) def. Westman/Niculescu (USC) 8-6
2. Rose/Wermee (USC) def. Murray/Spice (WFU) 9-8 (14)
3. Nelson/Ben Atkinson (USC) def. Bere/Kaufmann (WF) 8-6
