NC State
William & Mary
No. 55 Men's Tennis Blanks No. 73 Tribe
2/25/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 25, 2011
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -
No. 55 NC State men’s tennis (7-3) blanked No. 73 William & Mary (9-6), 7-0, on Friday, Feb. 25.
Jaime Pulgar and Dave Thomson downed Ilja Orre and Jamie Whiteford, 8-3, and Rafael Paez and Ivan Sanchez Gomez topped Anton Andersson and John Banks, 9-8 (4), to seal the doubles point for the Wolfpack.
NC State then swept through singles play, winning at all six spots. No. 104 Pulgar downed Andersson, 6-1, 7-6, and Dominic Hodgson bested Ben Guthrie, 4-6, 6-0, 5-0. Thomson topped Whiteford, 6-4, 6-4, as Julian Sullivan upped Sebastien Vidal, 6-7, 6-3, 10-6.
Paez beat Ben Hoogland, 3-6, 6-0, 7-5, and Sanchez Gomez downed Banks, 6-2, 6-3.
The Wolfpack will return to action at No. 75 Virginia Commonwealth tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 26, at 1 p.m.
No. 55 NC State (7-3) d. No. 73 William & Mary (9-6), 7-0
Doubles
1. Ben Guthrie / Sebastien Vidal (W&M) d. Dominic Hodgson / Julian Sullivan (NCSU), 9-7
2. Jaime Pulgar / Dave Thomson (NCSU) d. Ilja Orre / Jamie Whiteford (W&M), 8-3
3. Rafael Paez / Ivan Sanchez Gomez (NCSU) d. Anton Andersson / John Banks (W&M), 9-8 (4)
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles
1. No. 104 Jaime Pulgar (NCSU) d. Anton Andersson (W&M), 6-1, 7-6
2. Dominic Hodgson (NCSU) d. Ben Guthrie (W&M), 4-6, 6-0, 5-0, retire
3. Dave Thomson (NCSU) d. Jamie Whiteford (W&M), 6-4, 6-4
4. Julian Sullivan (NCSU) d. Sebastien Vidal (W&M), 6-7, 6-3, 10-6
5. Rafael Paez (NCSU) d. Ben Hoogland (W&M), 3-6, 6-0, 7-5
6. Ivan Sanchez Gomez (NCSU) d. John Banks (W&M), 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 5
