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Wolfpack Men Fall At Middle Tennessee State, 6-1
2/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 16, 2002
Murfreesboro, Tenn.--The NC State men's tennis squad lost to 28th-ranked Middle Tennessee State 6-1 in Murfreesboro, Tenn. on Saturday afternoon. NC State falls to 1-3 on the season, while the Blue Raiders move to 5-0.
Ryan Boward, a senior from Charlotte, N.C., captured the lone point of the afternoon with a win over MTSU's Trevor Short (6-1, 4-6, 7-5).
The Wolfpack fought valiantly in other matches on the afternoon. Sophomore Michael Carducci forced Oliver Foreman, the 102nd-ranked player in the nation, to three sets before falling 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5. RJ Murray sent the first set of his match into a tiebreak against fifth-seeded Rishan Kuruppu, but dropped the set and the match 7-6 (5), 6-4.
NC State will play #32 Vanderbilt tomorrow in Nashville at 12:00 p.m EST.
RESULTS
Singles
1. (12) Daniel Klemetz (MT) def. Matt Lucas (NCSU) - 6-2, 6-1
2. (102) Oliver Foreman (MT) def. Michael Carducci (NCSU) - 6-2, 6-7 (4), 7-5
3. Michael Staniak (MT) def. Reinaldo Valor (NCSU) - 6-3, 7-5
4. Ryan Boward (NCSU) def. Trevor Short (MT) - 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
5. Kirk Jackson (MT) RJ Murray (NCSU) - 7-6 (5), 6-4
6. Rishan Kuruppu (MT) Shane Sealy (NCSU) - 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. (9) Foreman/Gustafsson (MT) def. Lucas/Valor (NCSU)- 8-4
2. (34) Klemetz/Jackson (MT) def. John Davis/Carducci (NCSU) - 8-3
3. Short/Kuruppu (MT) def. Murray/Boward (NCSU) - 8-5
