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No. 45 Florida State Narrowly Defeats Wolfpack, 4-3
3/16/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 16, 2004
Tallahassee, Fla. - Conor Taylor defeated a top-20 opponent at No. 1 singles for the second time in just over a week, this time defeating the defending ACC Player of the Year with a straight set victory over Florida State's Mat Cloer. The Wolfpack fell 4-3 to the No. 45 Florida State Seminoles on Monday, narrowly losing to one of the top teams in the country.
Taylor won in convincing fashion over Cloer, winning 3 and 4 at No. 1 singles. Taylor defeated Izak van der Merwe of Old Dominon, the no. 13 player in the country, on March 8.
The Wolfpack battled in doubles, and was on serve at 5-5 in No. 1 before falling by a break. Iriate and Taylor were up 6-3 at number three before falling, as NC State kept competing.
Val Banada won at No. 3, defeating Chris Westerhof 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 and Andre Iriarte also won a three setter, picking up the win 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 over Chip Webb.
The Wolfpack will play ACC rival North Carolina in Chapel Hill on March 24 in its next match.
#45 Florida State 4, North Carolina State 3 Doubles 1. #22 Westerhof / Groslimond (FSU) d. Shaw / Davis (NCSU) 9-7 2. Cloer / Sucupira (FSU) d. Banada / Myers (NCSU) 8-2 3. Owen / Bassett (FSU) d. Taylor / Iriarte (NCSU) 8-6 Order of finish: 2, 1, 3Singles 1. Conor Taylor (NCSU) d. #20 Mat Cloer (FSU) 6-3, 6-4 2. Jonathas Sucupira (FSU) d. Will Shaw (NCSU) 6-2, 6-2 3. Val Banada d. Chris Westerhof (FSU) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 4. Andre Iriarte (NCSU) d. Chip Webb (FSU) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 5. Jeff Groslimond (FSU) d. Jon Davis (NCSU) 7-6 (5), 6-3 6. Joao Paolo Bounassar (FSU) d. Dennis Myers (NCSU) 7-5, 6-4 Order of finish: 2, 1, 6, 5, 3, 4
