North Carolina State University Athletics
No. 38 Men's Tennis Falls to Clemson
3/27/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
CLEMSON, S.C. - The No. 38 NC State men's tennis team fell to Clemson on Friday, March 27, 5-2, in Clemson, S.C. The Pack won the doubles point after sweeping all three matches and senior Jay Weinacker won his singles match in the third set. The loss puts NC State at 9-8 (3-2 ACC) and Clemson improves to 9-8 (2-4 ACC).
Seniors Derek Stephens and Christian Welte took down Carlos Alvarez and Rok Bizjak, 8-6, at No. 1, and the 79th-nationally ranked team of senior Jay Weinacker and freshman Jaime Pulgar defeated Ike Belk and Kevin Fleck, 9-7, at No. 2. Sophomore Rob Lowe and freshman Justin Jendruch beat Kevin Galloway and Robert Pietrucha, 8-6, at No. 3.
The 65th-ranked singles player Weinacker beat Alvarez, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6, at No. 1.
Bizjak defeated No. 96 Welte, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, at the second singles spot, and Pulgar fell to Fleck, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5, at No. 3. Stephens lost to Belk, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 4, and redshirt freshman Julian Sullivan fell to Galloway, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4, at No. 5. Freshman Akash Gujarati lost to Wesley Moran, 6-1, 6-4, at No. 6.
The Pack will next face No. 57 Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga. on Sunday, March 29 before returning home to Raleigh for the rest of the regular season.
Clemson d. No. 38 NC State, 5-2
Doubles
1. Stephens/Welte d. Alvarez/Bizjak (CU), 8-6
2. No. 79 Weinacker/Pulgar d. Belk/Fleck (CU), 9-7
3. Justin Jendruch/Rob Lowe d. Galloway/Robert Pietrucha (CU), 8-6
Order of finish: 2,3,1
Singles
1. No. 65 Jay Weinacker d. Carlos Alvarez (CU), 5-7, 6-3, 7-6
2. Rok Bizjak (CU) d. No. 96 Christian Welte, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
3. Kevin Fleck (CU) d. Jaime Pulgar, 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
4. Ike Belk (CU) d. Derek Stephens, 6-2, 6-4
5. Kevin Galloway (CU) d. Julian Sullivan, 7-6, 6-7, 6-4
6. Wesley Moran (CU) d. Akash Gujarati, 6-1, 6-4
Order of finish: 4,1,2,3,6*,5
*Clinches the win
