March 3, 2002
ATLANTA – The 29th-ranked Georgia Tech men’s tennis team fell to No. 35 Wake Forest, 4-3, Sunday in an Atlantic Coast Conference match at Winston-Salem, N.C.
Tech dropped a 4-3 match for the second straight day to fall to 0-2 in the ACC and 5-5 overall, while Wake Forest improved to 7-1, 1-0 ACC.
The Jackets took a 1-0 lead by taking the double point behind victories from Scott Schnugg and West Nott at No. 2 doubles and Joao Menano and Fabio Campos at the No. 3 flight. At No. 1 doubles, Tech’s Roger Anderson and David Wright, ranked 51st, fell to the 27th-ranked duo of David Loewenthal and Trent Brendon.
Anderson, ranked 26th nationally, knocked off the 24th-ranked Loewenthal at No. 1 singles, 7-6, 6-3, but the Jackets managed just one other singles victory as Nott defeated Justin Kauffman, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 6.
Tech returns to action Friday, hosting William and Mary at 11 a.m. at the Bill Moore Tennis Center.
#35 WAKE FOREST 4, #29 GEORGIA TECH 3
Singles:
1. #26 Roger Anderson (GT) d. #24 David Loewenthal (WFU), 7-6 (4), 6-3
2. David Bere (WFU) def. David Wright (GT) 6-1, 6-4
3. Derrick Spice (WFU) def. #100 Joao Menano (GT) 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3
4. Mike Murray (WFU) def. Stephen Moros (GT) 6-1, 6-4
5. Trent Brendon (WFU) def. Scott Schnugg (GT) 6-2, 6-3
6. West Nott (GT) def. Justin Kaufmann (WFU) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles:
1. #27 Loewenthal/Brendon (WFU) def. Anderson/Wright (GT) 8-6
2. #56 Schnugg/Nott (GT) def. Murray/Spice (WFU) 8-6
3. Menano/Fabio Campos (GT) def. Kaufmann/Bere (WFU) 8-6
Records: Georgia Tech 5-5, 0-2 ACC, Wake Forest 7-1, 1-0 ACC
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