NC State
North Carolina
Men's Tennis Falls to No. 11 UNC
3/14/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 14, 2014
RALEIGH, N.C. - The No. 25 NC State men's tennis team dropped its match against No. 11 North Carolina, 4-3, Friday afternoon at the Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium.
The Pack opened the match by claiming the opening doubles point for the 11th time this season.
North Carolina (14-2, 1-0 ACC) claimed a victory at the No. 3 position, as Ronnie Schneider and Jack Murray defeated Beck Bond and Austin Powell, 8-3. State (11-4, 0-2 ACC) answered with a win at the top spot of the doubles lineup, as the duo of Robbie Mudge and Ian Dempster edged UNC's Nelson Vick and Oysten Steiro, 8-6. Mudge and Dempster now own an 11-1 record this season.
In the deciding match of doubles, Nick Horton and Sean Weber outlasted Brett Clark and Brayden Schnur in a tiebreak, 8-7 (3). The victory for Horton and Weber is their eighth of the campaign.
UNC took a 2-1 lead after winning the first two matches in singles play. At the No. 3 position, Weigel dropped his match against Clark, 6-4, 6-4, while Mudge was defeated by Schneider on court two, 7-5, 6-3.
Horton knotted the score at 2-2 with a straight-set 6-3, 6-4 victory against Vick of UNC at the sixth position. Meanwhile, Powell forced a decisive third set in his match at the top position of the lineup, but was outlasted by Schnur, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
A native of Raleigh, Weber won the last three games in the second set to force a third and final set. The senior went on to cruise in the final frame, as he captured a 2-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory against Murray at the No. 4 position to tie the score once more at 3-3. UNC sealed the team win at the No. 5 spot in the order, as Norenius dropped his match against Steiro in the decisive third set, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1.
Up next, the Pack will travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on Florida State at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 21.
Tennis Match Results
North Carolina vs NC State
Mar 14, 2014 at Raleigh, N.C.
(Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium)
#11 North Carolina 4, #25 NC State 3
Singles competition
1. #18 Brayden Schnur (UNC) def. #41 Austin Powell (NCSU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. #32 Ronnie Schneider (UNC) def. #98 Robbie Mudge (NCSU) 7-5, 6-3
3. #51 Brett Clark (UNC) def. Thomas Weigel (NCSU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Sean Weber (NCSU) def. Jack Murray (UNC) 2-6, 7-5, 6-1
5. Oystein Steiro (UNC) def. Simon Norenius (NCSU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
6. Nick Horton (NCSU) def. Nelson Vick (UNC) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Robbie Mudge/Ian Dempster (NCSU) def. Nelson Vick/Oystein Steiro (UNC) 8-6
2. #27 Nick Horton/Sean Weber (NCSU) def. Brett Clark/Brayden Schnur (UNC) 8-7 (7-3)
3. #67 Ronnie Schneider/Jack Murray (UNC) def. Austin Powell/Beck Bond (NCSU) 8-3
Match Notes:
North Carolina 14-2, 1-0 ACC; National ranking #11
NC State 11-4, 0-2 ACC; National ranking #25
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (3,2,6,1,4,5)
T-3:35 A-209
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