North Carolina State University Athletics
Wolfpack Men's Tennis Shuts Out Appalachian State 6-0
3/4/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. (Mar. 4) - The NC State men's tennis squad defeated Appalachian State,
6-0 on March 4 at the Wolfpack Tennis Complex. NC State won all but one of
the eight matches completed on the day. The No. 1 singles match featuring
NC State's Keith Salmon was canceled due to rain. The victory improves the
Pack to 4-4 on the season.
Seniors Devang Desai and Shaun Thomas had an excellent outing for the Pack. Desai downed John Cunningham, 6-2, 6-2 in No. 2 singles action while Thomas eliminated the Mountaineers Doug Ornsby, 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 3 singles match. Desai and Thomas also teamed up at the No. 1 doubles position to post an 8-6 victory versus the Appalachian State tandem of Holeman and Ornsby.
NC State will next be in action on Thursday when they host the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the Pack's first conference match of the season. That contest, which will be held at the Wolfpack Tennis Complex, is set to begin at 2:30 p.m.
NC State d. Appalachian State, 6-0:
SINGLES: No. 1 Canceled due to rain No. 2 Devang Desai (NC State) d. John Cunningham; 6-2, 6-2 No. 3 Shaun Thomas (NC State) d. Doug Ornsby; 6-1, 6-4 No. 4 Brad Kilgore (NC State) d. Craig Rice; 6-4, 6-2 No. 5 Jeff Smith (NC State) d. Will Kiser; 6-1, 6-1 No. 6 Ryan Boward (NC State) d. Derrick Boone; 6-0, 6-1 DOUBLES: No. 1 Desai/Thomas (NC State) d. Holeman/Ornsby; 8-6 No. 2 Rice/Cunningham (App. St.) d. Cowman/Kilgore; 8-2 No. 3 Salmon/Boward (NC State) d. Kiser/Lynch; 8-4
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