North Carolina State University Athletics
Men's Tennis Drops Heartbreaker To #51 Arizona, 4-3
2/17/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The deciding match came at the No. 5 position in singles, where Arizona's Jari Niskala and NC State's Bryce McGrory were knotted a 3-all in the third set before Niskala finally pulled away to win the set and the match, 6-4.
Also registering singles wins for the Wolfpack were freshman Reinaldo Valor at No. 4 (6-0, 6-4 over Whi Kim) and Ryan Boward at No. 6 (6-4, 6-2 over Roeland Brateanu).
NC State captured the doubles point to begin the match by claiming wins in the No. 1 match where Eric Jackson and Valor won 8-2 over Steven Capriati and Carl Hagman and in No. 3 where Matt Lucas and Boward were victorious 9-8 (7-5 tiebreaker) over Brateanu and Arnaud Agniel.
The Wolfpack will look to get into the win column when they take on Rice Sunday afternoon at 11:00 a.m. in Houston.
Singles #1 Steven Capriati (A) d. Eric Jackson (N) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 #2 Tom Lloyd (A) d. Matt Lucas (N) 6-1, 6-1 #3 Carl Hagman (A) d. Michael Carducci (N) 6-0, 6-4 #4 Reinaldo Valor (N) d. Whi Kim (A) 6-4, 6-2 #5 Jari Niskala (A) d. Bryce McGrory (N) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 #6 Ryan Boward (N) d. Roeland Brateanu (A) 6-4, 6-2 Doubles #1 Jackson/Valor (N) d. Capriati/Hagman (A) 8-2 #2 Lloyd/Kim (A) d. Brad Kilgore/John Davis (N) 9-8 (7) #3 Lucas/Boward (N) d. Brateanu/Arnaud/Agniel 9-8 (7-5)
