Friday, February 15
Chicago
10:00 AM ET
North Carolina
4
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Baylor
Senior Blaine Boyden's win on Court 5 clinched the 4-0 victory for UNC.
Tar Heels Advance In Chicago With Win Over Baylor
February 15, 2019 | Men's Tennis
CHICAGO – North Carolina advanced at the ITA Indoor Team Championships on Friday morning, beating Baylor 4-0 in a top-10 battle.
The eighth-ranked Tar Heels improved to 6-1 with the win, while the No. 9 Bears fell to 8-2.
UNC advances to face another Texas school, No. 15 TCU, on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET. TCU knocked off No. 3 Mississippi State 4-1 in the first round on Friday.
Against Baylor, the Tar Heels claimed the doubles point with wins on Court 2 (William Blumberg and Blaine Boyden in a tiebreaker) and Court 3 (Mac Kiger and Simon Soendergaard).
With the advantage going into doubles, Kiger was the first to add a team point, with a speedy 6-4, 6-0 win over Jimmy Bendeck on Court 6.
Freshman Brian Cernoch beat Sven Lah 6-3, 6-4 on Court 4 to bring the Tar Heels within a point.
Junior William Blumberg on Court 1 and sophomore Benjamin Sigouin on Court 2 both went into third sets. Meanwhile both junior Josh Peck on Court 3 and Boyden on Court 5 were in tiebreakers to try to close out the match. Peck's match went into a third set, but Boyden, the team's only senior, beat Adrian Boitan 6-2, 7-6(7-4) to give the Tar Heels the team victory.
No. 8 UNC 4, No. 9 Baylor 0
Singles
Order of finish: 6,4,5
Doubles
Order of finish: 3,1,2
Records: UNC 6-1, Baylor 8-2
The eighth-ranked Tar Heels improved to 6-1 with the win, while the No. 9 Bears fell to 8-2.
UNC advances to face another Texas school, No. 15 TCU, on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET. TCU knocked off No. 3 Mississippi State 4-1 in the first round on Friday.
Against Baylor, the Tar Heels claimed the doubles point with wins on Court 2 (William Blumberg and Blaine Boyden in a tiebreaker) and Court 3 (Mac Kiger and Simon Soendergaard).
With the advantage going into doubles, Kiger was the first to add a team point, with a speedy 6-4, 6-0 win over Jimmy Bendeck on Court 6.
Freshman Brian Cernoch beat Sven Lah 6-3, 6-4 on Court 4 to bring the Tar Heels within a point.
Junior William Blumberg on Court 1 and sophomore Benjamin Sigouin on Court 2 both went into third sets. Meanwhile both junior Josh Peck on Court 3 and Boyden on Court 5 were in tiebreakers to try to close out the match. Peck's match went into a third set, but Boyden, the team's only senior, beat Adrian Boitan 6-2, 7-6(7-4) to give the Tar Heels the team victory.
Mac Kiger, Bo Boyden recap the big wins in doubles plus playing on adjoining singles courts following Carolina's 1st Round win over Baylor #ITAIndoors pic.twitter.com/NGu04l03sD
— UNC Men's Tennis (@carolinatennis) February 15, 2019
No. 8 UNC 4, No. 9 Baylor 0
Singles
Order of finish: 6,4,5
- William Blumberg vs. #29 JohannesSchretter (BU), UF
- Benjamin Sigouin vs. Matias Soto (BU), UF
- Josh Peck (UNC) vs. #28 Will Little (BU), UF
- Brian Cernoch (UNC) d. Sven Lah (BU), 6-3, 6-4
- Blayne Boyden (UNC) d. Adrian Boitan (BU), 6-2, 7-6(7-4)
- Mac Kiger (UNC) d. Jimmy Bendeck (BU), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
Order of finish: 3,1,2
- #2 Bendeck/Lah (BU) d. Sigouin/Cernoch (UNC), 6-3
- Blumberg/Boyden (UNC) d. Little/Schretter (BU), 7-6(7-4)
- Kiger/Soendergaard (UNC) d. Boitan/Soto (BU), 6-1
Records: UNC 6-1, Baylor 8-2
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