Tar Heels Defeat Furman 6-1

Saturday, February 20

Chapel Hill, NC

4:00 PM

North Carolina

Furman

June 21, 1999 | Men's Tennis

By: UNC Athletic Communications

February 20, 1999

CHAPEL HILL, N.C.-The 47th-ranked North Carolina men's tennis team bounced back from a loss to ninth-ranked South Carolina last Saturday by soundly defeating the Furman Paladins 6-1 Saturday afternoon at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on the UNC campus. The match was played indoors.

With the win, Carolina improved to 5-1 on the season heading into a match at 27th-ranked Virginia Commonwealth on Tuesday. The Furman Paladins fell to 4-3 on the season with the loss.

Carolina easily swept the doubles competition and then won four singles matches in straight sets to secure the victory. Junior Aron Breziner's 6-3, 6-3 victory over Lex Altman of Furman at the #6 singles spot clinched the victory for the Tar Heels. The two teams split a pair of three-set matches with Furman's Lee Nickell winning at #1 singles and UNC freshman Bjorn Rencken triumphing at #3 singles.

The Tar Heels were scheduled to play a doubleheader on Saturday but the 10 a.m. match with Appalachian State was cancelled because the Mountaineers could not travel from Boone, N.C. because of a snow storm in western North Carolina.

After playing at VCU on Tuesday, Carolina will return home next Saturday to play a doubleheader against William & Mary at 10 a.m. and UNC-Wilmington at 4 p.m.

FINAL SCORE: #47 NORTH CAROLINA 6, FURMAN 1
Singles Play
#1 Lee Nickell (FU) d. David Cheatwood (UNC), 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
#2 Michael Grass (UNC) d. Drew Parker (FU), 6-1, 6-4
#3 Bjorn Rencken (UNC) d. Patrick Gaughan (FU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
#4 Assaf Drori (UNC) d. Jete O'Keefe (FU), 6-2, 6-3
#5 Ben Elix (UNC) d. James Moeckel (FU), 7-6, 7-6
#6 Aron Breziner (UNC) d. Lex Altman (FU), 6-3, 6-3*

Doubles Play
(Played Before Singles, Best 2 of 3 Matches wins 1 pt. toward final score)
#1 David Cheatwood/Michael Grass (UNC) d. Gill/Patrick Gaughan (FU), 8-0
#2 Assaf Drori/Bjorn Rencken (UNC) d. Jon Navarro/Drew Parker (FU), 8-4
#3 Remi Adamek/Ben Elix (UNC) d. Lee Nickell/James Moeckel (FU), 8-6
*Clinched Match