ECU Falls To N.C. State 7-0

Feb. 4, 2010

RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina State men's tennis squad swept all three doubles matches and won five of six singles matches in straight sets to secure a 7-0 victory and hand East Carolina its first loss of the season.

After the Packs' tandem of Rob Lowe/Frideric Prandecki opened doubles play with an 8-5 defeat of Henrik Skalmerud and Stian Tvedt. N.C. State clinched the doubles point after a pair of 8-4 triumphs by tandems Felix Dominic Hodgson/Dave Thomson over Jaroslav Horvath / John Schmitt and David Chermak/Akash Gujarati over Bryan Oakley / Stephen Whitwell.

In singles play, Horvath led off in the No.1 position in singles winning the first set but could not maintain momentum and dropped the next two sets (6-1). Skalmerud kept the fist set in the No.2 position close 7-6 but dropped the second (6-2). NCSU went on to clinch the win as Rob Lowe bested Whitwell (6-2, 7-6). At the No. 4 flight Dave Thomas passed freshman Massimo Mannino in straight sets 6-1. Fernando Banos finished up the match by defeating Oakley.

With the win, the Wolfpack improved to 4-1 on the season while the Pirates fell to 3-1.

ECU will now prepare for its fifth-straight road match by traveling to Appalachian State Saturday. First serve is set for 2:00 p.m.

NO. 47 N.C. STATE 6, EAST CAROLINA 0
Singles Play
No. 1 - Jaime Pulgar (NCSU) def. Jaroslav Horvath (ECU); 4-6,6-1,6-1
No. 2 - Dominic Hodgson (NCSU) def. Henrik Skalmerud (ECU); 7-6 (1),6-2
No. 3 - Rob Lowe (NCSU) def. Stephen Whitwell (ECU)6-3, 7-6 (6)
No. 4 - Dave Thomson (NCSU) def. Massimo Mannino (ECU); 6-1,6-1
No. 5 - Akash Gujarati (NCSU) def. John Schmitt (ECU); 6-3,7-6(5)
No. 6 - Fernando Banos (NCSU) def. Bryan Oakley (ECU); 6-1,6-2
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Lowe/Frideric Prandecki (NCSU) def. Skalmerud/Stian Tvedt (ECU); 8-5
No. 2 - Hodgson/Thomson (NCSU) def. Horvath/Schmitt (ECU); 8-4
No. 3 - David Chermak/Gujarati (NCSU) def. Oakley/Whitwell (ECU) 8-7(4)
Team Records: N.C. State 4-1, East Carolina 3-1

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