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Wake Forest Trips Men's Tennis, 4-0
April 14, 2024 | Men's Tennis
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.— Seventh-ranked Wake Forest won the doubles point and went on to a 4-0 victory over No. 23 North Carolina on Sunday afternoon at the Wake Forest Tennis Center. It was the final regular season match of the 2023-24 campaign for both teams.
With Sunday's result, the Tar Heels are the No. 5 seed in next week's Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. UNC will play either Miami or Boston College on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the second round. The top four seeds are No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 3 NC State and No. 4 Duke.
Wake Forest got doubles victories at No. 1 and No. 3 and singles wins at No. 2, 3 and 5 to earn its 15th consecutive team win.
Carolina dropped its third consecutive match and fell to 13-8, 7-5 in the ACC. Wake improved to 25-5, 10-2 in the ACC.
Up Next
• The 2024 ACC Championship will run from April 17-21 in Cary, N.C. The Tar Heels will open play on Thursday April 18 at 10 a.m. against either No. 12 seed Miami or No. 13 seed Boston College.
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Keep up with all the latest Tar Heel tennis news by following @carolinatennis on X and @tarheeltennis on Instagram.
Tennis Match Results
North Carolina vs Wake Forest 4/14/2024
at Wake Forest University (Wake Forest Tennis Complex)
#7 Wake Forest 4, #23 North Carolina 0
Singles competition
1. #29 Filippo Moroni (WFU) vs. Benjamin Kittay (NC) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
2. #69 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WFU) def. #112 Phillip Jordan (NC) 6-4, 6-4
3. #116 Luciano Tacchi (WFU) def. #78 Karl Poling (NC) 6-2, 6-0
4. Matthew Thomson (WFU) vs. Patrick Schoen (NC) 4-6, 5-2, unfinished
5. Luca Pow (WFU) def. Will Peters (NC) 6-1, 6-2
6. Holden Koons (WFU) vs. Anuj Watane (NC) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #1 DK Suresh Ekambaram/Holden Koons (WFU) def. #32 Benjamin Kittay/Phillip Jordan (NC) 6-2
2. Filippo Moroni/Matthew Thomson (WFU) vs. Patrick Schoen/Peter Murphy (NC) 6-5, unfinished
3. Luciano Tacchi/Luca Pow (WFU) def. Will Peters/Karl Poling (NC) 6-4
Match Notes
North Carolina 13-8, 7-5 ACC; National ranking #23
Wake Forest 25-5, 10-2 ACC; National ranking #7
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,3,2)
A-346
With Sunday's result, the Tar Heels are the No. 5 seed in next week's Atlantic Coast Conference Championship. UNC will play either Miami or Boston College on Thursday at 10 a.m. in the second round. The top four seeds are No. 1 Virginia, No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 3 NC State and No. 4 Duke.
Wake Forest got doubles victories at No. 1 and No. 3 and singles wins at No. 2, 3 and 5 to earn its 15th consecutive team win.
Carolina dropped its third consecutive match and fell to 13-8, 7-5 in the ACC. Wake improved to 25-5, 10-2 in the ACC.
Up Next
• The 2024 ACC Championship will run from April 17-21 in Cary, N.C. The Tar Heels will open play on Thursday April 18 at 10 a.m. against either No. 12 seed Miami or No. 13 seed Boston College.
Follow Carolina Tennis
Keep up with all the latest Tar Heel tennis news by following @carolinatennis on X and @tarheeltennis on Instagram.
Tennis Match Results
North Carolina vs Wake Forest 4/14/2024
at Wake Forest University (Wake Forest Tennis Complex)
#7 Wake Forest 4, #23 North Carolina 0
Singles competition
1. #29 Filippo Moroni (WFU) vs. Benjamin Kittay (NC) 6-4, 5-4, unfinished
2. #69 DK Suresh Ekambaram (WFU) def. #112 Phillip Jordan (NC) 6-4, 6-4
3. #116 Luciano Tacchi (WFU) def. #78 Karl Poling (NC) 6-2, 6-0
4. Matthew Thomson (WFU) vs. Patrick Schoen (NC) 4-6, 5-2, unfinished
5. Luca Pow (WFU) def. Will Peters (NC) 6-1, 6-2
6. Holden Koons (WFU) vs. Anuj Watane (NC) 6-4, 3-2, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. #1 DK Suresh Ekambaram/Holden Koons (WFU) def. #32 Benjamin Kittay/Phillip Jordan (NC) 6-2
2. Filippo Moroni/Matthew Thomson (WFU) vs. Patrick Schoen/Peter Murphy (NC) 6-5, unfinished
3. Luciano Tacchi/Luca Pow (WFU) def. Will Peters/Karl Poling (NC) 6-4
Match Notes
North Carolina 13-8, 7-5 ACC; National ranking #23
Wake Forest 25-5, 10-2 ACC; National ranking #7
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3); Singles (5,3,2)
A-346
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3
#1 Singles Match
123
440
Filippo Moroni / 0 (29/-) [WFU]
65UF
#2 Singles Match
12
44
DK Suresh Ekambaram / 0 (69/-) [WFU]
66
#3 Singles Match
12
20
Luciano Tacchi / 0 (116/-) [WFU]
66
#4 Singles Match
123
620
Matthew Thomson / 0 [WFU]
45UF
#5 Singles Match
12
12
Luca Pow / 0 [WFU]
66
#6 Singles Match
123
420
Holden Koons / 0 [WFU]
63UF
Order of Finish:
5,3,2
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