North Carolina
Clemson
Tar Heels Score Road Win Against Clemson
April 11, 2009 | Men's Tennis
April 10, 2009
CLEMSON, S.C. - North Carolina won four of the first five team points decided to clinch a pivotal ACC victory on Saturday afternoon.
The Tar Heels won the doubles point and three singles matches to beat Clemson 4-3.
Carolina got off to a good start by winning the first two doubles matches finished to secure a 1-0 team lead. Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman shut out the Tigers' pair of Gera Boryachinskiy and Ike Belk 8-0 for their 29th win of the 2008-09 season, and Brennan Boyajian and Zach Hunter followed with an 8-3 victory at No. 3 doubles to clinch the team point.
After Ike Belk opened up singles play by winning at No. 4 singles to notch Clemson's first team point, the Tar Heels reeled off three victories in a row. Senior team captain Fogleman started the run with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Rok Bizjak, and Donato followed with a victory against No. 115 Carlos Alvarez in which he came back from a 6-7 first set loss to win 6-1, 6-2 in the second and third sets, respectively. Andrew Crone's comeback three-set win against Gera Boryachinskiy clinched the match and a fourth ACC win for Carolina.
The Tar Heels play their final regular season match against No. 47 Georgia Tech on Sunday, April 12. The match will be played at 1:00 p.m. in Atlanta, Ga.
#36 UNC 4, #59 Clemson 3
Records: UNC 15-8 (4-6), Clemson 11-11 (3-7)
Doubles
1: Clay Donato and Taylor Fogleman [#27] (UNC) d. Gera Boryachinskiy and Ike Belk (CU) 8-0
2: Rok Bizjak and Wes Moran (CU) d. Andrew Crone and Alex Rafiee (UNC) 8-3
3: Brennan Boyajian and Zach Hunter (UNC) Carlos Alvarez and Kevin Fleck (CU) 8-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles
1: Clay Donato [#35] (UNC) d. Carlos Alvarez [#115] (CU) 6-7, 6-1, 6-2
2: Taylor Fogleman [#53] (UNC) d. Rok Bizjak (CU) 6-4, 6-4
3: Andrew Crone (UNC) d. Gera Boryachinskiy (CU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6
4: Ike Belk (CU) d. Brennan Boyajian (UNC) 6-2, 6-0
5: Kevin Fleck (CU) d. Luke Mojica (UNC) 1-6, 7-6, 7-6
6: Kevin Galloway (CU) d. Zach Hunter (UNC) 6-1, 6-1
Order of finish: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 6
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