North Carolina
James Madison
North Carolina Shuts Out James Madison
February 1, 2008 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 1, 2008
Chapel Hill, N.C. - 10th ranked North Carolina swept James Madison 7-0 Friday evening in the second half of a doubleheader. Carolina did not drop a set in improving to 4-0. Earlier Friday afternoon, UNC downed Charlotte, 6-1.
Senior David Stone won his sixth match in a row and 13th overall by defeating JMU's Brian Rubenstein 6-1,6-2. Chris Kearney and Andrew Crone put the Tar Heels up 3-0 with wins at number two and six singles, while Stone's victory at number five clinched the overall team match.
North Carolina will face Rice, a 4-3 winner over N.C. State today, at 12 Noon Sunday. The match will be played indoors at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Hwy. 54 at Friday Center Drive.
#10 North Carolina 7, James Madison 0
Records: UNC 4-0, JMU 2-3
Doubles
#1 Fogleman/Kearney (UNC) [#3] d. Smith/Tarr (JMU) 8-3
#2 Tristan Heinrich/Stone (UNC) d. Campbell/Rubenstein 8-6
#3 Crone/Hardy (UNC) d. Robinson/Voznenko (JMU) 8-4
Singles
#1 Stefan Hardy (UNC) d. Jesse Tarr (JMU) 7-6(2), 6-1
#2 Chris Kearney (UNC) d. Mike Smith (JMU) 6-3, 6-2
#3 Taylor Fogleman (UNC) d. Jared Robinson (JMU) 7-6(3), 6-3
#4 Will Plyler (UNC) d. Yaroslav Voznenko (JMU) 6-2, 6-1
#5 David Stone (UNC) d. Brian Rubenstein (JMU) 6-1, 6-2
#6 Andrew Crone (UNC) d. Carlin Campbell (JMU) 6-1, 6-1
Order of Finish: #3, #6, #5*, #4, #1, #2
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