April 19, 2002

RALEIGH, NC - The No. 3 seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons downed the No. 6 seed Clemson Tigers 4-1 in the quarterfinals of the 2002 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Championship. The match started at the Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C. and after a two-hour rain delay was moved indoors to Chapel Hill, N.C.

The Deacons won the doubles point with victories from Loewenthal and Brendon at No. 1 and Bere and Kaufmann at No. 3. In singles action, Wake Forest rounded out the victory with wins from No. 3 Derrick Spice, No. 5 Mike Murray and No. 6 Justin Kaufmann.

For the Tigers, the lone victory came in No. 1 singles as Jamin Thompson downed David Loewenthal 7-6, 6-0.

The Deacs improve to 17-4 while Clemson drops to 11-18. Wake Forest will face North Carolina in tomorrow's semifinal match at 1:00 p.m.

Wake Forest 4, Clemson 1
No. 1 - Jamin Thompson (CU) d. David Loewenthal (WF) 7-6, 6-0
No. 2 - David Bere (WF) vs. Goran Sterijovski (CU) DNF
No. 3 - Derrick Spice (WF) d. Marko Gojanovic (CU) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
No. 4 - Trent Brendon (WF) vs. Micah Thompson (CU) DNF
No. 5 - Mike Murray (WF) d. Damiisa Robinson (CU) 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 - Justin Kaufmann (WF) d. Sander Koning (CU) 7-6 (2), 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 - Loewenthal/Brendon (WF) d. Koning/Gojanvic (CU) 8-1
No. 2 - Murray/Spice (WF) vs. Sterijovski Robinson (CU) DNF
No. 3 - Bere/Kaufmann (WF) d. M. Thompson/Skinner (CU) 8-3