North Carolina State University Athletics
No. 42 Men's Tennis Falls to No. 48 Arizona
1/31/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - The No. 42 NC State men's tennis team fell to No. 48 Arizona, 4-1, on Saturday, Jan. 31, in the second round of the ITA Tennis Indoor National Championship. The Pack won the doubles point, but Arizona won the first four singles matches to take the win. NC State is now 3-3 on the season.
Junior Frideric Prandecki and sophomore Rob Lowe defeated their doubles opponents, Andres Arango and Jason Zafiros, 9-7, at No. 3. Senior Jay Weinacker and freshman Jaime Pulgar took down Jay GOldman and Ravid Hazi, 8-6, at No. 2, to secure the doubles point for the Pack.
Sullivan fell to Zafiros, 7-6(3), 7-6(3), at No. 6, and senior Derek Stephens lost to Hazi, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 3. Metham defeated sophomore David Chermak, 7-5, 6-2, at No. 5, and Andres Carrasco secured the win for Arizona, taking down Pulgar, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 4.
The Pack will visit Michigan and Vanderbilt next weekend in Nasheville, Tenn. The Pack will take on Michigan on Saturday, Feb. 7, and then Vanderbilt on Sunday, Feb. 8.
No. 48 Arizona d. No. 42 NC State, 4-1
Doubles
1. Welte/Sullivan vs. Van der Merwe/Metham (Arizona), DNF
2. Weinacker/Pulgar d. Goldman/Hazi (Arizona), 8-6
3. Lowe/Prandecki d. Arango/Zafiros (Arizona), 9-7
Order of finish: 3,2
Singles
1. No. 55 Jay Weinacker vs. Jay Goldman (Arizona), DNF
2. No. 124 Christian Welte vs. Andres Arango (Arizona), DNF
3. Ravid Hazi (Arizona) d. Derek Stephens, 6-1, 6-2
4. Andres Carrasco (Arizona) d. Jaime Pulgar, 6-2, 6-2
5. Pat Metham (Arizona) d. David Chermak, 7-5, 6-2
6. Jason Zafiros (Arizona) d. Julian Sullivan, 7-6(7-3), 7-6(7-3)
Order of finish: 6,3,5,4*
*Cliches the win
