Jan. 14, 2009

Wolfpack Men's Tennis Sweeps Seahawks

RALEIGH, N.C. - The No. 49 NC State men's tennis team opened up the spring season with a 7-0 win over UNC Wilmington on Wednesday, Jan. 14, in Raleigh, N.C. The Wolfpack swept all three doubles matches, and followed up with six straight singles wins. The Pack is now 1-0 on the season, and the Seahawks fall to 0-1.

NC State opened up the day with two quick doubles wins. Senior Jay Weinacker and freshman Jaime Pulgar took down Illia Ziamtsou and Ryan Ybarra, 8-1, at No. 2 doubles. Junior Frideric Prandecki and freshman Justin Jendruch secured the doubles point for NC State with an 8-1 decision over Alex Wetherell and Anton Nikolov at No. 3. Senior Christian Welte and redshirt freshman Julian Sullivan followed suit with an 8-6 victory over Gustavo Bertei and Kinshuk Sharma at No. 1.