Clemson Downs N.C. State, 6-1, in Men’s Tennis Saturday

April 7, 2007

Clemson, SC – The Tiger men’s tennis team won all of its singles matches Saturday and downed N.C. State 6-1 in action from the Hoke Sloan Center. The win improves Clemson to a 24-8 overall record, 4-5 in the ACC. With the loss, the Wolfpack fell to 19-7 overall, also 4-5 in the conference.

N.C. State won the doubles point by claiming all three matches, led by the #1 team of Nick Cavaday and William Noblitt. That duo won 8-7 over Clement Reix and Ryan Young of Clemson.

Young improved to 7-2 on the season in conference play at the #3 singles position, while Carlos Alvarez won his 29th singles match of the season, regardless of format.

Clemson will play at South Carolina on April 11. The match is scheduled for 2:00 PM.

Singles Competition

1. Jarmaine Jenkins (CU) def. Nick Cavaday (NCS) 6-3, 6-1

2. Clement Reix (CU) def. William Noblitt (NCS) 6-3, 6-3

3. Ryan Young (CU) def. James McGee (NCS) 6-0, 6-3

4. Carlos Alvarez (CU) def. Jay Weinacker (NCS) 7-5, 3-6, 6-3

5. Kevin Fleck (CU) def. Andre Iriarte (NCS) 6-3, 7-5

6. Ike Belk (CU) def. Chris Welte (NCS) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles Competition

1. Cavaday/Noblitt (NCS) def. Reix/Young (CU) 8-7

2. Weinacker/McGee (NCS) def. Jenkins/Alvarez (CU) 8-5

3. Welte/Rozek (NCS) def. Boryachinskiy/Fleck (CU) 8-3