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Wake Men's Tennis Falls To South Carolina, 5-2
4/9/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 9, 2001
COLUMBIA, S.C. -
The 47th ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team lost 5-2 to No. 28 South Carolina Monday afternoon at Sam Daniel Tennis Center. The Demon Deacons won the doubles point, but lost five of six singles matches to the Gamecocks to lose the match.
David Bere and Andrew Simpson teamed up to beat David Nelson and Nasir Sherazi of South Carolina 8-4 in the number three doubles match. The Gamecock duo of Guillaume Legat and Marcus Westman took down Wake Forest's David Loewenthal and Trent Brendon 8-5 in the number two doubles match, leaving the decision of the doubles point on the outcome of the number one doubles match. Raul Munoz and Mike Murray came up big for the Deacs, handing Seth Rose and Carl Wermee a 9-8 loss, giving Wake Forest a 1-0 lead in the match.
South Carolina evened the score in singles play, when USC's Legat, the 17th ranked singles player in the nation, defeated Munoz 6-0, 6-1 in the number one singles match. Wake Forest took the lead again when Bere put away Westman 6-2, 6-1 in the number four singles match, but that was the last point the Demon Deacons would receive. South Carolina's Wermee took out Brendon 6-1, 6-4 in the number five singles match to even the score 2-2. Murray lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 to Rose in the number two match, Loewenthal fell 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to Nelson in the number three match and Rodrigo Pancheco outlasted WFU's Justin Kaufmann 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the number six match.
The Demon Deacons fall to 12-9 on the season. Wake Forest will return to action April 15, when they conclude the regular season at North Carolina State at 1:00 p.m.
Singles
Wake Forest (47) South Carolina (28) Winner Score
1. Raul Munoz Guillaume Legat (17) USC 6-0, 6-1
2. Mike Murray Seth Rose USC 6-4, 3-6, 6-2
3. David Loewenthal David Nelson USC 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
4. David Bere Marcus Westman WFU 6-2, 6-1
5. Trent Brendon Carl Wermee USC 6-1, 6-4
6. Justin Kaufmann Rodrigo Pancheco USC 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Doubles
1. Munoz/Murray Rose/Wermee WFU 9-8
2. Loewenthal/Brendon Legat/Westman USC 8-5
3. Bere/Andrew Simpson Nelson/Nasir Sherazi WFU 8-4
