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Men's Tennis Falls to Texas-Arlington, 5-2
2/21/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 21, 2003
HOUSTON - The NC State men's tennis team headed to Houston, Texas for a two match weekend, the first beginning on Friday, Feb. 21, versus the University of Texas-Arlington. After being forced to relocate its match with UTA due to rain, the Wolfpack's result still saw gloomy ends. In Houston's Metropolitan Raquet Club, NC State fell to UTA, 5-2, which included the doubles loss at 3-0.
No. 1 seeded R.J. Murray collected his 14th singles win with a 7-6, 2-6, 10-5 match over UTA's Nathan McGregor. Murray is now 3-3 as the No. 1 seed. The Pack's Val Banada remains perfect, 4-0, as the third seed after he defeated UTA's Niels Bucksik 3-6, 7-5 and 10-7.
NC State will take on host Rice at 11 a.m. on Sunday. The Owls are currently ranked 36th in the nation and stand with a errorless 5-0 record. The matches are scheduled to be played on the Rice campus, but may be moved to the "Met" as well.
Singles:
No. 1 R.J. Murray d. Nathan McGregor(UTA) 7-6, 2-6, 10-5
No. 2 David Corrie(UTA) d. Will Shaw 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 Val Banada d. Niels Bucksik(UTA) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7
No. 4 Javier Carrillo(UTA) d. John Davis 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Sandy Farguharson(UTA)d. Chris Mills 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Ian Vasquez(UTA) d. Rehman Esmail 6-1, 6-3
Doubles:
No. 1 McGregor/Farguharson(UTA) d. Murray/Banada 8-5
No. 2 Corrie/Bucksik(UTA) d. Shaw/Benada 8-2
No. 3 Carrillo/Ahon Goldshaw(UTA) d. Esmail/Mills 8-5
