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No. 52 UNC Men's Tennis Drops First Match Of Season As No. 12 VCU Wins 5-2
February 22, 2004 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 22, 2004
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men's tennis team, ranked 52nd nationally, lost its first dual match of the season to No. 12 Virginia Commonwealth 5-2 on Sunday at the Cone-Kenefield Tennis Center.
The Rams took the doubles point after winning the two and three seed matches. UNC senior Nicholas Monroe and junior Geoff Boyd handedly won the No. 1 match 8-1 over VCU's Arnaud LeCloerec and Florian Marquardt. However, UNC's two and three seeds lost 8-5 and 8-3, respectively.
In singles play, UNC's two wins came from Monroe at the No. 1 seed and Boyd at the No. 6 spot. Monroe, ranked 23rd nationally, was ahead 4-3 in the first set when LeCloerec went down with an injury. Boyd beat Daniel Lohff of VCU 7-6(3), 6-2.
Sergi Arumi of VCU clinched the match for the Rams with his 4th-seed win over UNC sophomore Raian Luchici 7-6(6), 6-3.
The Tar Heels (7-1) are in action next on Sunday, February 29, in a home doubleheader. UNC will take on Georgetown at 1 p.m. and North Carolina A&T at 7 p.m., both at the Cone-Kenefield Tennis Center.
#12 VCU 5, #52 UNC 2
Doubles (point goes to VCU)
1. Monroe/Boyd (UNC) def. LeCloerec/Marquardt (VCU), 8-1
2. Nieto/Marton Ott (VCU) def. Luchici/Pomeroy (UNC), 8-5
3. Arumi/Lleal (VCU) def. Jonathan Janda/Metzler (UNC), 8-3
Singles
1. #23 Nicholas Monroe (UNC) def. Arnaud LeCloerec (VCU), 4-3, def. inj.
2. Pedro Nieto (VCU) def. Andy Metzler (UNC), 6-2, 6-2
3. Florian Marquardt (VCU) def. Derek Porter (UNC), 6-0, 7-6(4)
4. Sergi Arumi (VCU) def. Raian Luchici (UNC), 7-6(6), 6-3
5. Francesc Lleal (VCU) def. Brad Pomeroy (UNC), 6-3, 6-2
6. Geoff Boyd (UNC) def. Daniel Lohff (VCU), 7-6(3), 6-3
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