UM Advances to ACC Men's Tennis Championship Quarterfinals with 4-3 Win Over Virginia Tech
April 21, 2005
CARY, N.C. – After taking two doubles matches to clinch the doubles point, the ninth-seeded University of Miami men’s tennis team won three-of-six singles matches to down eighth-seeded Virginia Tech, 4-3, Thursday morning in the opening round of the 2005 ACC Men’s Tennis Championships at the Cary Tennis Center.
The Hurricanes (12-10) claimed the doubles point on wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. On the No. 2 court, junior Eric Hechtman and sophomore Josh Cohen downed the Hokies’ (13-11) Stephane Rod and Brent Wilkins, 8-4, while UM senior Luis Manrique and junior John Hoyes upended Albert Larregola and Arvid Puranen, 8-3, in the No. 3 slot.
In singles, Cohen – ranked 60th nationally – cruised past 76th-ranked Rod, winning in straight sets (6-1, 6-2) in the No. 1 flight while junior Tim Krebs fell to Larregola, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 3 to bring the overall match score to 2-1 in favor of the Hurricanes.
The No. 6 match between UM freshman Ryan Waits and the Hokies’ Matthieu Leboucher finished next with Leboucher winning 6-3, 6-3.
Miami’s Hoyes was able to knock off Angel Diankov in straight-sets (6-2, 6-2) at No. 4 to put the Hurricanes within one point of the win, but Puranen downed Hechtman, 6-4, 7-5 at No. 2 to tie the match at three-all.
With the match point in balance, UM freshman Vivek Subramanain outlasted the Hokies’ Alexei Sergeev, 6-3, 5-7, 6-2, at No. 5 to clinch the 4-3 win for the Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes will advance to the quarterfinals where they will face top-seeded Virginia – who won the 2005 regular season with a 9-0 mark in ACC play – Friday morning at 9 a.m.
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