Monday, 04/20/2009

CARY, N.C. - The NC State men's tennis team used an early lead after securing the doubles point to propel the Pack past Georgia Tech in the first round of the ACC tournament on Thursday, April 16 in Cary, N.C. The No. 54 Wolfpack won three singles matches in straight sets to grab the 4-1 win over the No. 43 Yellow Jackets and advance to the second round in the tournament. The Pack will face No. 25 Miami on Friday at 12 p.m. at the Cary Tennis Park. NC State improves to 10-14 with the win, and Georgia Tech falls to 10-11.

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No. 54 NC State d. No. 43 Georgia Tech, 4-1

Doubles
1. No. 74 Welte/Sullivan (NCS) def. No. 44 Gomez/Smith (GT) 9-7
2. Weinacker/Pulgar (NCS) def. King/Kenny (GT) 8-6
3. Potvin Roebuck (GT) vs. Lowe/Chermak (NCS), DNF
Order of finish: 2,1

Singles
1. No. 11 Guillermo Gomez (GT) def. No. 37 Jay Weinacker (NCS) 6-2, 6-3
2. Migual Muguruza (GT) vs. Christian Welte (NCS), DNF
3. Eliot Potvin (GT) vs. Derek Stephens (NCS), DNF
4. Jaime Pulgar (NCS) def. Kevin King (GT) 6-2, 6-2
5. Julian Sullivan (NCS) def. Ryan Smith (GT) 7-6, 6-3
6. David Chermak (NCS) def. Austin Roebuck (GT) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 6,5,1,4*
*Clinches the win