April 15, 2001
DURHAM, NC - The 45th ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team defeated
North Carolina State 5-2 Sunday afternoon to close out the regular
season with a 13-9 record and a 5-3 conference mark, the most conference
wins the Demon Deacons have had in 20 years. A pre-match decision was
made to hold the contest at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center in Durham,
NC, because of damp courts at the Wolfpack Tennis Center and the threat
of an oncoming thunderstorm.
NC State jumped out to an early lead by winning the doubles point. David
Loewenthal and Trent Brendon defeated NC State's Michael Carducci and
Ryan Boward 8-4 in the number two match, but the Wolfpack won the other
two. Raul Munoz and Mike Murray dropped the number one match 8-3 to NC
State's Eric Jackson and Reinaldo Valor. In the number three match David
Bere and Andrew Simpson fell 9-7 to the Wolfpack duo of Brad Kigore and
John Davis.
Wake Forest came back in singles play to win five of the six matches and
claim the 5-2 victory. The five victorious Deacons won in straight sets.
Murray took out Valor 6-4, 6-1 in the number two match, Loewenthal beat
Carducci 6-0, 6-1 in the number three match, Bere topped Kilgor 6-3, 6-4
in the number four match, Brendon outplayed NC State's Bryce McGrory
6-4, 6-3 in the number five match and Justin Kaufmann defeated Ryan
Boward of NC State 6-3, 6-4 in the number six match. Jackson picked up
the only Wolfpack singles victory in the number one match, beating
Munoz, 6-4, 6-4.
The Wolfpack falls to 6-18 overall and 1-7 in the ACC. Wake Forest
finishes the regular season with a 15-9 record and a 5-3 conference
mark, the most ACC wins in a season since the Demon Deacons had six in
the 1981. The Deacs will return to action April 19-22 at the ACC
Championships in Orlando, FL.
Singles
| Wake Forest (No. 45) | North Carolina State | Winner | Score |
| 1. Raul Munoz | Eric Jackson | NCSU | 6-4, 6-4 |
| 2. Mike Murray | Reinaldo Valor | WFU | 6-4, 6-1 |
| 3. David Loewenthal | Michael Carducci | WFU | 6-0, 6-1 |
| 4. David Bere | Brad Kilgore | WFU | 6-3, 6-4 |
| 5. Trent Brendon | Bryce McGrory | WFU | 6-4, 6-3 |
| 6. Justin Kaufmann | Ryan Boward | WFU | 6-3, 6-4 |
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Doubles
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| 1. Munoz/Murray | Jackson/Valor | NCSU | 8-3 |
| 2. Loewenthal/Brendon | Carducci/Boward | WFU | 8-4 |
| 3. Bere/Andrew Simpson | Kilgore/John Davis | NCSU | 9-7 |
