Wake Forest University
Old Dominion
Men's Tennis Fights Off #69 Old Dominion, 4-3
2/1/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 1, 2003
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The 23rd-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up a 4-3 victory over No. 69 Old Dominion Saturday afternoon at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center. The Monarchs won two of three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead, but the Demon Deacons won four of six singles matches to earn the victory.
The Demon Deacons' top doubles team, David Loewenthal and Trent Brendon, nearly upset the fourth-ranked pair from Old Dominion, Zoltan Csandadi and Izak van der Merwe, falling 9-8 (4) in a tiebreaker. Derrick Spice and Brett Ross both turned in successful days, as the two paired up to win the No. 2 doubles match 8-6 and then each proceeded to earn straight set victories in singles.
Spice dispatched Patrik Binkowski 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 and Ross won the match-deciding match 6-3, 6-4 over Niklas Oskarsson at No. 6. Loewenthal and David Bere both won their singles matches in straight sets as well.
Wake Forest improves to 2-0 on the season with the win and Old Dominion falls to 4-1 with the loss. The Demon Deacons return to action next weekend when they host No. 55 William & Mary on Friday, Feb. 7 at 5:00 p.m. and No. 53 Michigan on Sunday, Feb. 9 at noon in the Indoor Tennis Center.
#23 Wake Forest 4, #69 Old Dominion 3
Singles
1. #35 David Loewenthal (WFU) def. Zoltan Csanadi (ODU) 6-2, 6-4
2. Izak van der Merwe (ODU) def. #109 Mike Murray (WFU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
3. David Bere (WFU) def. Calin Milos (ODU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Derrick Spice (WFU) def. Patrik Binkowski (ODU) 6-1, 6-0
5. Salman Mohammed (ODU) def. #123 Trent Brendon (WFU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Brett Ross (WFU) def. Niklas Oskarsson (ODU) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
1. #4 Csanadi/van der Merwe (ODU) def. Loewenthal/Brendon (WFU) 9-8 (4)
2. Spice/Ross (WFU) def. Milos/Binkowski (ODU) 8-6
3. Mohammed/Oskarsson (ODU) def. Murray/Andrew Simpson (WFU) 8-5
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