Feb. 20, 2004
The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team suffered its first loss of the season, falling to No. 1 Illinois 7-0 on Friday. With the win, the Fighting Illini improve to 9-0 on the year while the Jackets fall to 5-1.
The Yellow Jackets opened the match by dropping the doubles point as Joao Menano and Trevor McLeod fell at No. 3 to R. DeHeart and GD Jones, 8-0. Illinois then clinched the doubles point as the 14th-ranked duo of M. Calkins and C. Martin paired to defeat Jason Pieters and West Nott, 8-4. At the No. 1 doubles flight, Scott Schnugg and Marko Rajevac fell to P. Stolt and B. Wilson in a close match, 9-8 (2).
Tech continued to struggle in singles play, as Schnugg fell in straight sets at No. 1 to Wilson, 6-1, 6-2. At flight two, Pieters was defeated by Stolt, 6-2, 6-2. The Fighting Illini then clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 4 from No. 47 Martin over Rajevac. In the final three matches, Nott fell to 39th-ranked Calkins at No. 3 in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5 while No. 65 DeHeart beat Menano at the fifth flight, 6-3, 6-4 and Rath lost at No. 6 to Jones, 7-5, 7-6 (4).
The Yellow Jackets will return to action tomorrow when they face No. 65 Louisville at 3 p.m. in Champaign, Ill.
#1 Illinois 7 #44 Georgia Tech 0DoublesNo. 1 P. Stolt/B. Wilson def. Scott Schnugg/Marko Rajevac 9-8 (2)* No. 2 #14 M. Calkins/C. Martin def. West Nott/Jason Pieters 8-4 No. 3 R. DeHeart/GD Jones def. Joao Menano/Trevor McLeod 8-0
Singles No. 1 B. Wilson def. Scott Schnugg 6-1, 6-2 No. 2 P. Stolt def. Jason Pieters 6-2, 6-2 No. 3 #39 M. Calkins def. West Nott 6-2, 7-5 ** No. 4 #47 C. Martin def. Marko Rajevac 6-1, 6-4 No. 5 #65 R. DeHeart def. Joao Menano 6-3, 6-4 No. 6 GD Jones def. Zachary Rath 7-5, 7-6 (4)
* Clinched doubles point ** Clinched match -30-
