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Men's Tennis Upsets Miami, 5-2
June 21, 1999 | Men's Tennis
April 3, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - North Carolina's 75th-ranked men's tennis team scored one of its best wins of the season Saturday afternoon, upsetting 44th-ranked Miami at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
Coach Sam Pauls' team took a quick 1-0 lead in the match as the Tar Heels won all three doubles matches with relative ease. In singles, UNC earned four more team points with a quartet of straight set wins.
Senior Michael Grass defeated Arpad Odry 6-3, 6-2 at #1 singles, junior Assaf Drori downed Jose Lieberman 6-4, 6-3 at #2 singles, sophomore David Cheatwood whipped Jamin Thompson 6-3, 6-3 at #3 singles and freshman Bjorn Rencken triumped over Mark Arrowsmith 6-4, 6-4 at #5 singles.
With the win the Tar Heels improved to 10-9 overall on the campaign while the Hurricanes fell to 8-8 heading into a match with #7 Duke Sunday afternoon in Durham, N.C.
The Tar Heels will play at 43rd-rated Wake Forest on Wednesday in Winston-Salem, N.C. Match time is 2:30 p.m.
#75 NORTH CAROLINA 5, #44 MIAMI 2
Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, Chapel Hill, N.C.
SINGLES
1. Michael Grass (UNC) d. Arpad Odry (UM), 6-3, 6-2 2. Assaf Drori (UNC) d. Jose Lieberman (UM), 6-4, 6-3 3. David Cheatwood (UNC) d. Jamin Thompson (UM), 6-3, 6-3 4. Johan Lindqvist (UM) d. Aron Breziner (UNC), 6-3, 6-3 5. Bjorn Rencken (UNC) d. Mark Arrowsmith (UM), 6-4, 6-4 6. Joel Berman (UM) d. Chad Riley (UNC), 6-3, 6-2DOUBLES
(Played Before Singles, Best 2 of 3 Win 1 pt. toward final score)
1. Elix/Grass (UNC) d. Arrowsmith/El Bassouni (UM), 8-5 2. Adamek/Drori (UNC) d. Odry/Berman (UM), 8-2 3. Cheatwood/Rencken (UNC) d. Hilt/Lieberman, 8-2
RECORDS: Miami 8-8; North Carolina 10-9
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