Wake Forest Athletics
Men's Tennis Prepared For ACC Championship
4/17/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 17, 2002
2001-2002 Wake Forest Men's Tennis
Record: 16-4 ACC: 6-2 (3rd)
Home: 7-2 Away: 8-2 Neutral: 1-0
Current Team Rank: 23rd
Wake Forest plays Clemson in the 3:00 p.m. quarterfinal Friday at the ACC Championship, which will be played at the Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center in Raleigh, NC.
The Demon Deacons are 9-29 all-time against the Tigers and 0-3 against them in the ACC Championship. Wake Forest won the regular season match 5-2 at Clemson on April 5.
For more information about the ACC Tennis Championships, including brackets for the both the men's and women's tournaments, go to theacc.com.
... Interesting Notes
Wake Forest's 16 wins is the most in head coach Jeff Zinn's six years at Wake Forest, ties for the eighth most wins in school history and is the most wins since 1986 (18-15)
Wake Forest's 6 ACC victories is the most in head coach Jeff Zinn's six years at Wake Forest, ties for the most conference wins in school history and has only been accomplished one other time - 21 years ago when the Demon Deacons were 6-1 in 1981
Wake Forest's third place finish in the ACC is the highest finish in head coach Jeff Zinn's six years at Wake Forest, ties for the second highest finish in the ACC in school history behind two second place finishes, and is the highest finish in the ACC in 21 years - since taking second in 1981
Wake Forest is 6-17 all-time in the ACC Championship
The Demon Deacons have never won the ACC Championship, but have finished second three times
Last year Wake Forest beat #62 Florida State 4-2 in the Quarterfinals and then lost 4-1 to #3 Duke in the semifinals of the ACC Championship in Orlando, FL
Wake Forest is led by sophomore David Loewenthal, who is ranked #40 in singles and fell out of the top 60 doubles rankings for the first time all season this week. Loewenthal has played at No. 1 at singles and doubles for the Demon Deacons all season. He owns a 29-11 record in singles (14-5 at No. 1, 4-3 in the ACC) and a 25-10 mark in doubles, (12-7 at No. 1, 5-2 in the ACC) along with partner Trent Brendon.
Derrick Spice, a true freshman, leads the team with 35 singles wins. Playing at No. 3 for the Demon Deacons, Spice owns a record of 11-2 (6-1 in the ACC) at the No. 3 flight. He broke the single-season school record for singles victories, which was 30, halfway through the spring season and is at 35-11 going into the ACC Championship
Justin Kaufmann, the lone senior in Wake Forest's starting lineup, only needs one more singles victory to take sole possession of second place on the school career singles victories list. Two more wins in doubles would tie Kaufmann for fifth place on the school career doubles victories list. He is 23-11 in singles (12-5 at No. 6, 5-3 in the ACC) and 13-11 in doubles (8-8 at No. 3, 3-3 in the ACC).
Deacon Lineup
Singles at Pos. Overall
1 David Loewenthal 14-5 29-11
2 David Ber? 9-5 30-12
3 Derrick Spice 11-2 35-11
4 Mike Murray 12-7 20-15
5 Trent Brendon 13-4 28-10
6 Justin Kaufmann 12-5 23-11
Doubles
1 Loewenthal/Brendon 12-7 25-10
2 Murray/Spice 15-4 20-7
3 Ber?/Kaufmann 8-8 13-11
