Feb. 28, 2004
The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team dropped its conference opener of the season, falling to #15 Duke Saturday, 7-0. The Blue Devils improve to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in ACC play while the Yellow Jackets fall to 5-3 overall and 0-1 in conference action.
Duke captured the doubles point with wins at the numbers two and three slots. The No. 15 doubles team of Scott Schnugg and Marko Rajevac upset fourth-ranked Ludovic Walker and Jason Zimmerman, 8-2. At No. 2 doubles, the tandem of Jason Pieters and West Nott fell to the No. 12 duo of Philip King and Jonathan Stoke, 8-4. The point came down to the match at number three, where Duke’s Peter Shults and Peter Rodrigues defeated Joao Menano and Zachary Rath in a tie breaker, 9-8 (5).
The Jackets struggled in singles play as the Blue Devils won all six flights. Singles play began with Duke winning at No. 5 as Rajevac lost in straight sets to Stokke, 6-4, 6-0. Schnugg then fell at the No. 1 position to No. 21 King, 6-4, 6-0. The match was clinched for Duke when Menano was defeated at the No. 4 flight, 6-4, 6-2 by Zimmerman. In the final three matches, Christopher Brown defeated Zachary Rath, 6-0. 6-4 at No. 6 while West Nott fell at No. 3 to Rodrigues in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 and Pieters lost at No. 2 to ninth-ranked Walker, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
The Yellow Jackets will return to action tomorrow facing Wake Forest at 1 p.m. in Winston-Salem, NC.
#15 Duke 7, #55 Georgia Tech 01. #15 Scott Schnugg/Marko Rajevac (Tech) def. #4 Walter/Zimmerman (Duke), 8-22. #12 King/Stokee (Duke) def. West Nott/Jason Pieters (Tech), 8-43. Rodrigues/Shults (Duke) def. Joao Menano/Zachary Rath (Tech), 9-8 (5)
1. #21 Philip King (Duke) def. Scott Schnugg (Tech), 6-4, 6-0 2. #9 Ludovic Walker (Duke) def. Jason Pieters (Tech), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 3. Peter Rodrigues (Duke) def. West Nott (Tech), 6-3, 3-6, 10-3 4. Jason Zimmerman (Duke) def. Joao Menano (Tech), 6-4, 6-2 5. Jonathan Stokee (Duke) def. Marko Rajevac (Tech), 6-4, 6-0 6. Christopher Brown (Duke) def. Zachery Rath (Tech), 6-0, 6-4
