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Virginia Tech
Wolfpack Drops Match to No. 55 Virginia Tech, 5-2
2/9/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Feb. 9, 2004
Freshman Andre Iriarte moved to 3-0 in dual singles with a 3 and 3 win over Angel Diankov and Val Banada improved to 2-1 with his win at No. 2, but it wasn't enough as NC State fell to Virginia Tech, 5-2 on February 8. Banada is 2-0 at No. 2 this season, defeating Soren Spanner 6-4, 7-6(8) to pick up one of the two Wolfpack points. NC State lost the doubles point for the first time this season, losing in all three matches, though No. 2 and No. 3 doubles went down to the wire.
Freshman Ryan Johnson and first year junior Conor Taylor narrowly lost 8-6 at No. 3, while Banada/Iriarte were up a break in their No. 2 match before falling.
In singles, Jon Davis was close to forcing a third set at No. 6, falling in the tiebreak of the second set. Conor Taylor fell 6-2 in the first set of his match at No. 1 to Andreas Laulund, before rebounding with a decisive second set win, 6-2. Despite being up a break in the third set, Taylor would fall 6-2.
Will Shaw lost in straight sets at No. 2, while Dennis Myers found the same fate at No. 5.
No. 55 Virginia Tech 5, NC State 2 Doubles No. 1 Laulund/Spanner (VT) def. Davis/Shaw (NCSU) 8-1 No. 2 Diankov/Schultz (VT) def. Banada/Iriarte (NCSU) 8-3 No. 3 Puranen/Wilkins (VT) def. Ryan Johnson/Taylor (NCSU) 8-6Singles No. 1 Andreas Laulund (VT) def. Conor Taylor (NCSU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 No. 2 Val Banada (NCSU) def. Soren Spanner (VT) 6-4, 7-6 (8) No. 3 Arvid Puranen (VT) def. Will Shaw (NCSU) 6-3, 6-2 No. 4 Andre Iriarte (NCSU) def. Angel Diankov (VT) 6-3, 6-3 No. 5 Morten Schultz (VT) def. Dennis Meyers (NCSU) 6-2, 6-2 No. 6 Brent Wilkins (VT) def. Jon Davis (NCSU) 6-1, 7-6 (1)
