April 6, 2009

Wake Forest Turns Back Wolfpack 5-2

RALEIGH, N.C. - The Wake Forest men's tennis team defeated NC State 5-2 on Tuesday afternoon in Raleigh. The Demon Deacons improved to 15-6 and 5-1 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and NC State is now 9-10 and 3-4.

Wake Forest dropped the doubles point, with the clinching match falling at No. 1, where NC State's Christian Welte and Jaime Pulgar topped top-ranked Cory Parr and Steven Forman 8-5.

Parr followed with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 1 and junior Jason Morgenstern added a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Julian Sullivan to push Wake Forest ahead 2-1. Andrew Brasseaux fell at No. 6, but Jon Wolff and Steven Forman followed with wins at Nos. 3 and 4 to clinch the WFU match win. Iain Atkinson defeated Derek Stephens 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 to set the final score at 5-2.

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