Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest University
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Men's Tennis Remains Undefeated with a Win over Tulsa
2/26/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 26, 2005
Tulsa, Okla. - The Wake Forest men's tennis team captured their seventh consecutive win of the season with a victory over No. 52 Tulsa, 5-2. The Deacs defeated the Golden Hurricanes in five out of the six singles matches. The Deacs are now 7-0 on the year, while Tulsa maintains a 9-5 record.
In doubles play, Tulsa's Achim Roth and Aleksander Charpantidis defeated Wake's Derrick Spice and Brett Ross, 9-8. Spice, the Deacons' top-seeded singles player, took out Roth, 3-6, 6-0, 7-5. Ross also claimed a win over Ricardo Soriano, 7-6, 6-3.
Todd Paul and Marius Adamski lost to Diego Camacho and Andy Connelly, 8-5, in doubles action. Nationally ranked No. 71 Paul defeated Federioc Soriano, 6-2, 6-2. At the number five spot, Adamski fell to Tulsa's Will Gray, 6-3, 7-6.
The doubles duo of Andrew Hamar and Liron Strauss took out F. Soriano and R. Soriano, 9-8. Hamar remains undefeated for the season with a win over Charpantidis, 6-4, 6-2. Wake's Strauss, the sixth seed, clinched a win over Tulsa's Connelly, 7-6, 6-3.
Wake Forest will play again tomorrow against Oklahoma State in Tulsa, Oklahoma at 12:00pm. OSU is currently ranked No. 20, with an overall record of 7-2.
Singles: 1. WF's Spice d. Roth (3-6, 6-0, 7-5) 2. WF's Paul d. F. Soriano (6-2, 6-2) 3. WF's Hamar d. Charpantidis (6-4, 6-2) 4. WF's Ross d. R. Soriano (7-6, 6-3) 5. Gray d. WF's Adamski (6-3, 7-6) 6. WF's Strauss d. Connelly (7-6, 6-3).
Doubles: 1. Roth/Charpantidis d. WF's Spice/Ross (9-8) 2. Camacho/Connelly d.WF's Paul/Adamski (8-5) 3. WF's Strauss/Hamar d. F. Soriano/R. Soriano (9-8).
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