No. 30 Duke Upsets No. 25 Wake Forest 4-3
March 25, 2009
Final Stats
DURHAM, N.C. -
The No. 25 Wake Forest men's tennis team fell 4-3 to No. 30 Duke on Wednesday afternoon at the Sheffield Indoor Tennis Center. The Demon Deacons are now 12-6 and 2-1 in the ACC. Duke improved to 9-5 and 2-2 with the win.
Wake Forest ran right through the doubles matches, taking all three wins in 45 minutes. Iain Atkinson and Carlos Salmon defeated Kiril Dimitrov and Luke Marchese 8-1. Cory Parr and Steven Forman topped Reid Carleton and Dylan Arnould 8-3 to clinch the point. Jon Wolff and David Hopkins added a final 8-5 win at No. 3 to finish the round.
Jon Wolff suffered his first singles loss of the season, dropping a 6-2, 6-1 decision at No. 3 to knot the score at 1-1. Iain Atkinson also fell in straight sets before David Hopkins posted a 6-4, 6-2 win over Alain Michel to set the match score at 2-all.
After dropping the opening set 6-3, Steven Forman stayed with No. 28 Reid Carleton through the second set but eventually fell 7-5 to put Duke within one match win of taking the overall victory.
Jason Morgenstern fell behind Luke Marchese 5-2 in the final set. Morgenstern stayed alive to chase Marchese to 5-3 but couldn't break and fell 6-3 to clinch the Duke match win.
Cory Parr added the final WFU score of night, defeating No. 58 Kiril Dimitrov 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-1.
Wake Forest will next play at Georgia Tech on March 27 and follow with Clemson on March 29.
Wake Forest vs Duke
March 24, 2009 at Durham, N.C.
#30 Duke 4, #25 Wake Forest 3
Singles competition
1. #26 Cory Parr (WF) def. #58 Kiril Dimitrov (DU) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2
2. #28 Reid Carleton (DU) def. Steve Forman (WF) 6-3, 7-5
3. Dylan Arnould (DU) def. Jon Wolff (WF) 6-2, 6-1
4. Jared Pinsky (DU) def. Iain Atkinson (WF) 6-2, 6-3
5. David Hopkins (WF) def. Alain Michel (DU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Luke Marchese (DU) def. Jason Morgenstern (WF) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. #1 Cory Parr/Steve Forman (WF) def. Reid Carleton/Dylan Arnould (DU) 8-3
2. Iain Atkinson/Carlos Salmon (WF) def. Kiril Dimitrov/Luke Marchese (DU) 8-1
3. Jon Wolff/David Hopkins (WF) def. Jared Pinsky/Alain Michel (DU) 8-5
Match Notes:
Wake Forest 12-5; National ranking #25
Duke 8-5; National ranking #30
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (3,4,5,2,6,1)
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