Wake Forest Athletics
Deacons Down North Carolina in ACC Play
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 7, 1999
WINSTON-SALEM, NC -- Wake Forest defeated North Carolina for the first time since 1988 at Leighton Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, 5-2. The victory ended a brief two-match skid by Wake Forest (11-10, 3-2 ACC) and extended their home winning streak this season to nine.
The Deacons swept the doubles matches from North Carolina (10-10, 2-2 ACC) with the 14th ranked duo of Myles Clouston and Raul Munoz defeating Michael Grass and Ben Elix at the No. 1 flight, 8-6. The Deacon combo improves their record to 5-0 in the ACC and 24-6 overall. Also claiming victories in doubles competition were Wake's Michael Berger and Justin Kaufmann at No. 2 and the team of Johan Hansen and Andres Guzman at No. 3.
Wake Forest also claimed four of the six singles points as they won at the No. 1, 4, 5 and 6 flights. Clouston won his match at No. 1 singles with a straight set victory against Grass, 6-0 and 7-6 (4). Brett Mauro won his eighth match in his last 10 outings, defeating Aron Breziner at the No. 5 flight, 6-2 and 7-5. Johan Hansen and Justin Kaufmann were also straight set winners for the Deacons.
The Deacs will be in action again tomorrow as they host ACC rival and 24th ranked Clemson. The match is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. in Leighton Stadium.
Final Score
No. 42 Wake Forest 5, No. 75 North Carolina 2Singles Results 1. #55 Myles Clouston (WFU) d. Michael Grass (UNC) 6-0, 7-6 (4) 2. Assaf Drori (UNC) d. Raul Munoz (WFU) 7-6 (4), 6-4 3. David Cheatwood (UNC) d. Michael Berger (WFU) 6-4, 7-6 (1) 4. Johan Hansen (WFU) d. Bjorn Rencken (UNC) 7-6 (7), 7-5 5. Brett Mauro (WFU) d. Aron Breziner (UNC) 6-2, 7-5 6. Justin Kaufmann (WFU) d. Chad Riley (UNC) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
Doubles Results 1. #14 Clouston/Munoz (WFU) d. Grass/Ben Elix (UNC) 8-6 2. Berger/Kaufmann (WFU) d. Drori/Remi Adamek (UNC) 8-2 3. Hansen/Andres Guzman (WFU) d. Cheatwood/Renken (UNC) 9-8 (6)
