Monday, 04/20/2009

CARY, N.C. - It was a day of close matches at the ACC tournament quarterfinals for the No. 54 NC State men's tennis team, but No. 25 Miami won the match 4-3, on Friday, April 17, in Cary, N.C. The Hurricanes won the doubles point and two singles matches as the Pack won three singles matches, to leave the match up to the No. 5 singles. The Hurricanes came out on top, moving Miami to 14-7 on the season, and NC State fell to 10-15.

Senior Jay Weinacker and freshman Jaime Pulgar were the only Pack duo to win their doubles match, defeating David Simon and Christian Blocker, 8-2, at No. 2. The win was the 18th for the pair this season, becoming only the second duo in NC State history to win that many doubles matches in a season. The win was also Weinacker's 87th doubles victory, tying him for the most career doubles victories in Pack history.

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No. 25 Miami d. No. 54 NC State, 4-3

Doubles
1. No. 56 Vallverdu/Rosenfeld (UM) def. No. 74 Welte/Sullivan (NCS) 8-2
2. Weinacker/Pulgar (NCS) def. Simon/Blocker (UM) 8-2
3. Crowley/Sundberg (UM) def. Lowe/Chermak (UM) 8-5
Order of finish: 2,1,3

Singles
1. No. 13 Daniel Vallverdu (UM) def. No. 37 Jay Weinacker (NCS) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
2. Chistian Welte (NCS) def. David Rosenfeld (NCS) 7-5, 6-4
3. Derek Stephens (NCS) def. No. 113 Carl Sundberg (UM) 6-2, 6-3
4. Jaime Pulgar (NCS) def. Christian Blocker (UM) 6-2, 6-0
5. Keith Crowley (UM) def. Julian Sullivan (NCS) 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
6. Ignacio Taboada (UM) def. David Chermak (NCS) 6-1, 6-3
Order of finish: 4,6,2,3,1,5*
*Clinches the win