April 23, 2005

Cary, N.C. - Wake Forest was closing the gap on top-seeded and second-ranked Virginia, but the Cavaliers shut the door on a Demon Deacon rally in Saturday's ACC Tournament semifinals in Cary, N.C. Virginia (23-2) won 4-0 to advance to Sunday's final.

The Deacons (16-6) fell behind 3-0 after the doubles and dropping straight set matches at No. 4 and No. 6. In fact, the only Wake Forest player to win his first set was freshman Marius Adamski at No. 5 singles.

Despite the deficit, an upset was not out of reach as Wake Forest's Todd Paul and Andrew Hamar fought back to force third sets at No. 2 and No. 3 singles. Both were leading the third set, up a break.

After losing a first set tiebreaker, Derrick Spice was up two breaks in the second set, leading 4-1, before 15th-ranked Doug Stewart won five of the final six games. That forced another tiebreaker which Stewart won to clinch the match, 7-6, 7-6. The loss snapped Spice's four-match winning streak.

Brett Ross lost his match at No. 4 singles to Treat Huey, 6-3, 6-2. It marked the first time that Ross lost back-to-back singles matches since early February. Liron Strauss fellat No. 6 to Darrin Cohen, 6-1, 7-5.

The Cavaliers, with two nationally-ranked doubles teams, rolled to easy doubles victories, both ending in 8-3 results.

The Deacons will await the announcement of the NCAA Tournament bracket on May 4. First and second rounds will be held on May 13-15.

#1 Virginia 4, #4 Wake Forest 0
Doubles:
#1 - 	Spice/Ross (WF) vs. #17 Rizza/Meythaler (VA)
        DNF (VA led 6-3)
#2 - 	#47 Devvarman/Huey (VA) def. Adamski/Hamar (WF)
        8-3
#3 -	Cohen/Stewart (VA) def. Joe Bates/Paul (WF)
        8-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3*







Singles:
#1 - 	#15 Doug Stewart (VA) def. #54 Derrick Spice (WF)
        7-6 (3), 7-6 (5)
#2 - 	#51 Todd Paul (WF) vs. #26 Somdev Devvarman (VA)
        DNF (WF led 4-6, 6-3, 3-1)
#3 -	#91 Andrew Hamar (WF) def. #44 Rylan Rizza (VA)
        DNF (WF led 3-6, 6-3, 3-2)
#4 - 	Ryan Young (CU) def. Brett Ross (WF)
        6-3, 6-2
#5 - 	Marius Adamski (WF) vs. #109 Marko Miklo (VA)
        DNF (WF led 6-3, 5-5)
#6 - 	#68 Darrin Cohen (VA) def. Liron Strauss (WF)
        6-1, 7-5
Order of Finish:  4, 6, 1*