Wake Forest University
North Carolina
No. 25 Deacons Stop North Carolina 4-2
4/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 8, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Cory Parr and Jonathan Wolff each earned their 25th singles wins of the season as the 25th-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team topped North Carolina 4-2 on Wednesday afternoon. The Demon Deacons are now 17-7 in dual matches and 7-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. UNC is 14-8 and 3-6.
The Deacons earned their third consecutive doubles point to kickoff the match. North Carolina's Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman defeated Cory Parr and Steven Forman 8-6 at No.1, but Wake's Iain Atkinson/Carlos Salmon duo downed UNC competitors 8-5 at No. 2 and Jonathan Wolff/David Hopkins took an 8-6 win at No. 3.
The close doubles matches would mirror the singles portion of the contest, where every court held close matches with long points.
Cory Parr jumped out to a 3-0 lead but Donato came back to tie and pull ahead 5-4 at No.1. Parr stayed close and was able to challenge Donato in a tiebreaker and post a 7-3 win. Parr followed with a 6-3 victory in the second set to put Wake Forest ahead 2-0.
Jonathan Wolff played the longest first set of the match, taking on Brennan Boyajian at No. 3. The lead swapped several times before Wolff landed the 7-5 win. The lengthy first set seemed to zap the mojo right out of Boyajian and Wolff didn't lower his intensity. Wolff was the second Deacon to finish with a 7-5, 6-1 win.
David Hopkins clinched the WFU win with a 7-6, 6-4 win over Andrew Crone at No. 4.
Wake Forest will finish the regular season this weekend, hosting No. 1 Virginia on Friday at 2:30 and Virginia Tech on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Wake Forest 4, North Carolina 2
Singles competition
1. #21 Cory Parr (WF) def. #35 Clay Donato (UNC) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2. #53 Taylor Fogleman (UNC) def. Steve Forman (WF) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
3. Jonathan Wolff (WF) def. Brennan Boyajian (UNC) 7-5, 6-1
4. David Hopkins (WF) def. Andrew Crone (UNC) 7-6, 6-4
5. Luke Mojica (UNC) def. Iain Atkinson (WF) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
6. Jason Morgenstern (WF) def. Zach Hunter (UNC) 3-1 dnf
Doubles competition
1. #27 Clay Donato/Taylor Fogleman (UNC) def. #1 Cory Parr/Steve Forman (WF) 8-6
2. Iain Atkinson/Carlos Salmon (WF) def. Andrew Crone/Alex Rafiee (UNC) 8-5
3. Jonathan Wolff/David Hopkins (WF) def. Brennan Boyajian/Zach Hunter (UNC) 8-6
Match Notes:
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,3,4,2,5)
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