No. 17 Gamecocks Drop Men's Tennis 7-0

Saturday, February 15

Columbia, SC

2:30 PM

NC State

South Carolina

2/15/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Feb. 15, 2003

Columbia, S.C. - The NC State men's tennis team was defeated by South Carolina in a dual match on Saturday. NC State drops to 2-4 on the season, while USC improves to 5-0. NC State received strong efforts from freshman Will Shaw and Jon Davis, but both eventually fell in straight sets.

NC State will travel to Houston, Texas to face Texas-Arlington and Rice on the 21st and 23rd, respectively.

Singles:

No. 1 Seth Rose (USC)        d. R.J. Murray       6-3, 6-1
No. 2 Angelo Niculescu (USC) d. Val Banada        6-1, 6-4
No. 3 Marcus Westman (USC)   d. Will Shaw         6-4, 7-5
No. 4 Tom Eklund (USC)       d. John Davis        6-2, 7-6
No. 5 Carl Wermee (USC)      d. Rehman Esmail     6-2, 6-1
No. 6 Ben Atkinson (USC)     d. Chris Mills       6-0, 6-2

Doubles:

No. 1 Westman/Eklund (USC)     d. Murray/Banada   8-5
No. 2 Rose/Wermee (USC)        d. Davis/Esmail    8-6
No. 3 Atkinson/Niculescu (USC) d. Shaw/Mills      8-3