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Tar Heels Fall To Top Ranked Buckeyes
February 6, 2009 | Men's Tennis
Feb. 6, 2009
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The 22nd-ranked UNC Tar Heels lost a tough match with the nation's best team on Friday afternoon.
The Ohio State Buckeyes lived up to their billing as the top-ranked team in college tennis, defeating Carolina 7-0.
Ohio State jumped out to an early lead by winning the first two doubles matches finished to clinch the team doubles point. Fifth-ranked Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman finished out doubles play with an 8-6 win, beating OSU's Matt Allare and Justin Kronauge.
The Buckeyes' lead was extended to two when Matt Allare opened up singles play with a straight sets win at the fifth spot. The nation's 38th-ranked player, Balazs Novak, then put Ohio State one win from clinching the match with a straight sets win of his own at the fourth singles slot. Top-ranked Bryan Koniecko followed through, winning 6-3, 7-5 at the No. 1 singles position to secure the win for Ohio State.
Despite the loss, the Tar Heels are still 5-2 on the season heading into four straight non-conference matches. The first two will be played as a doubleheader against Georgetown and Howard on Feb. 20, at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center.
#1 Ohio State 7, #22 North Carolina 0
Records: OSU 6-0, UNC 5-2
Doubles
1: Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman (UNC) [#5] d. Matt Allare and Justin Kronauge (OSU) 8-6
2: Steven Moneke and Balazs Novak (OSU) [#11] d. Andrew Crone and Zach Hunter (UNC) 8-2
3: Bryan Koniecko and Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) d. Brennan Boyajian and Alex Rafiee (UNC) 8-1
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles
1: Bryan Koniecko (OSU) [#1] d. Clay Donato (UNC) [#73] 6-3, 7-5
2: Steven Moneke (OSU) [#3] d. Taylor Fogleman (UNC) [#59] d. 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
3: Justin Kronauge (OSU) [#6] d. Andrew Crone (UNC) 7-6(4), 6-3
4: Balazs Novak (OSU) [#38] d. Brennan Boyajian (UNC) 6-1, 6-1
5: Matt Allare (OSU) d. Luke Mojica (UNC) 6-1, 6-2
6: Shuhei Uzawa (OSU) [#77] d. Alex Rafiee (UNC) 6-3, 6-3
Order of finish: 5, 4, 1, 3, 6, 2
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