North Carolina State University Athletics
No. 49 Men's Tennis Sweeps Seahawks
1/14/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
RALEIGH, N.C. - The No. 49 NC State men's tennis team opened up the spring season with a 7-0 win over UNC Wilmington on Wednesday, Jan. 14, in Raleigh, N.C. The Wolfpack swept all three doubles matches, and followed up with six straight singles wins. The Pack is now 1-0 on the season, and the Seahawks fall to 0-1.
NC State opened up the day with two quick doubles wins. Senior Jay Weinacker and freshman Jaime Pulgar took down Illia Ziamtsou and Ryan Ybarra, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles. Junior Frideric Prandecki and freshman Justin Jendruch secured the doubles point for NC State with an 8-1 decision over Alex Wetherell and Anton Nikolov at No. 3. Senior Christian Welte and redshirt freshman Julian Sullivan followed suit with an 8-6 victory over Gustavo Bertei and Kinshuk Sharma at No. 1.
Pulgar opened up singles play with a swift defeat of Sharma, 6-1, 6-0, at No. 4, and No. 56 Weinacker took down Bertei, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 1. Senior Derek Stephens clinched the win for the Pack with a 6-2, 6-3, victory over Ybarra at No. 3.
No. 125 Welte defeated Ziamtsou, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 2, and Sullivan took down Nikolov, 6-1, 6-1, at No. 6. Chermak rounded out the singles wins with a 6-2, 7-6(7), win over Wetherell at No. 5.
The Pack will face Penn State on Sunday, January 18, at noon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C.
No. 49 NC State d. UNC Wilmington, 7-0
Doubles
1.Welte/Sullivan d. Bertei/Sharma (UNCW), 8-6
2.Weinacker/Pulgar d. Ziamtsou/Ybarra (UNCW), 8-1
3.Prandecki/Jendruch d. Wetherell/Nikolov (UNCW), 8-1
Order of finish: 2,3,1
Singles
1. No. 56 Jay Weinacker d. Gustavo Bertei (UNCW), 6-1, 6-4
2. No. 125 Christian Welte d. Illia Ziamtsou (UNCW), 7-5, 6-1
3. Derek Stephens d. Ryan Ybarra (UNCW), 6-2, 6-3
4. Jaime Pulgar d. Kinshuk Sharma (UNCW), 6-1, 6-0
5. David Chermak d. Alex Wetherell (UNCW), 6-2, 7-6(7)
6. Julian Sullivan d. Anton Nikolov (UNCW), 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 4,1,3*,2,6,5
*Clinched the win
