North Carolina State University Athletics
Duke's Men's Tennis Defeats NC State
4/5/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, NC (April 5) - The Duke men's tennis squad defeated NC State, 5-2 on April 5 at the Wolfpack Tennis Complex. The victory moves the Blue Devils to 14-5 overall and 4-0 in the ACC while the Pack falls to 9-12 overall and 0-4 in the conference. Duke entered competition ranked fifth in the country in the latest ITA College Tennis Poll.
The Blue Devils, who defeated the Pack for the 25th consecutive time, started the match off on the right foot as they swept all three doubles matches. The Duke tandems of Doug Root/Ramsey Smith, Andres Pedroso/Ted Gueger and Michael Yani/Marko Cerenko all easily defeated their NC State counterparts.
NC State was able to take two of the singles matches. The Pack's Eric Jackson defeated Root, ranked as the 50th singles player in the nation, 6-4, 6-4. Senior Shaun Thomas was also victorious for NC State as he downed the Devils Porter Jones, 6-2, 6-2.
NC State will next travel to Charlottesville, Va. as they prepare to battle the Cavaliers of Virginia on Saturday. The Blue Devils will next face Clemson in Clemson, S.C.
#5 Duke (14-5, 4-0) d. NC State (9-12, 0-4), 5-2
SINGLES RESULTS No. 1 Eric Jackson (NC State) d. Doug Root; 6-4, 6-4 No. 2 Ramsey Smith (Duke) d. Devang Desai; 6-4, 6-4 No. 3 Andres Pedroso (Duke) d. Keith Salmon; 6-1, 6-3 No. 4 Marko Cerenko (Duke) d. Ryan Boward; 6-2, 6-3 No. 5 Shaun Thomas (NC State) d. Porter Jones; 6-2, 6-2 No. 6 Yorke Allen (Duke) d. Jeff Smith; 6-4, 6-3 DOUBLES RESULTS No. 1 Root/Smith (Duke) d. Jackson/Salmon; 8-0 No. 2 Pedroso/Gueger (Duke) d. Brian Cowman/Thomas; 8-4 No. 3 Yani/Cerenko (Duke) d. Desai/Boward; 8-3
