Sports > April 3, 2008

By Andrew LeRay | Staff writer

The No. 30 Deacon men’s tennis team wrapped up their regular season home schedule with two victories over conference opponents on March 28 and 30. The Deacons handled the Clemson Tigers 7-0, and defeated the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 5-2.

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Senior Charles Sartor looks to return a volley in a recent match. The Deacons will begin April with two difficult matches against Florida State and Miami. (Kelly Makepeace/Old Gold & Black)

With the victory over Clemson, the Deacons improved their record to 14-6 overall and 5-1 in the ACC. The Tigers fell to 13-13 overall and 1-5 in the conference.

“I think that before the ACC season our team had underachieved,” junior Cory Parr said. “So far in the ACC season we have done what we expected, although we have done nothing great. If we can pull off two wins this weekend we will be in great shape,” Parr said.

Parr and sophomore Jason Morgenstern both earned 6-0, 6-0 singles wins in the Wake Forest shutout victory over the Tigers.

Sophomore Steve Forman notched his fifth win of the season in No. 1 singles, defeating Clemson sophomore Carlos Alvarez.

Freshman Jonathan Wolff, senior Mariusz Adamski and sophomore Andrew Brasseaux all added singles victories to set the final score at 7-0 in favor of the Deacons.

In doubles competition, Forman and Parr recorded a victory at No. 1 doubles. The No. 2 doubles team of junior Carlos Salmon and Brasseaux were the only Deacon competitors to drop a match to the Tigers, falling 8-6.

Morgenstern and Adamski added another win for Wake in a No. 3 doubles match.

The Deacs continued their winning against Georgia Tech on March 30. The matches were moved indoors to the WFU Indoor Tennis Center due to inclement weather.

With the victory, the Deacons now stand at 15-6 overall and 6-1 in the ACC. The Yellow Jackets fell to 11-9 overall and 1-6 in the conference.

In his final regular season home matches, Adamski posted wins in both singles and doubles, including the clinching doubles match with Morgenstern in the No. 3 position. In No. 3 singles, Adamski defeated senior Scott Blackmon 6-3, 7-5 marking his 73rd career singles victory.

The No. 1 doubles team of Forman and Parr improved to 9-3 on the season with an 8-3 victory over the doubles team of Blackmon and senior David North.

Parr also recorded the first singles win of the afternoon after being credited with a victory over North in No. 2 singles when North retired in the first set down 3-1. Parr is now 7-0 at No. 2 singles this season.

“I want to try and work even harder in practice and focus more on each individual match to help the team reach the highest seed possible in the ACC tournament, and host again for the NCAA tournament,” Parr said.

Morgenstern continued his inspired play by earning a straight set victory at No. 5 singles. The win extends Morgenstern’s unbeaten streak to seven.

The Wake Forest victory was clinched with a straight set win by Brasseaux, who is now 4-0 in singles matches this season.

The Deacons will next travel to Florida to battle No. 10 Florida State April 4 and No. 26 Miami April 6.