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af)p Sally Gar Heel Duke dumps men’s tennis for ACC lead ■ The Blue Devils handed the Tar Heels their first conference loss of the year. BYPAULSTRELOW SENIOR WRITER The stakes weren’t as big this time, but the outcome will still affect the North Carolina men’s tennis team for quite a while. The 29th-ranked Tar Heels (13-5,5-1 in the ACC) dropped their first confer ence match of the season Wednesday at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, a 4-3 Men's tennis Duke 4 UNC 3 decision to No. 12 Duke. The Blue Devils (14-6,6-0) prevented UNC from aveng ing a 4-1 defeat in last year’s ACC tour nament. “This loss definitely hurts," UNC senior Paul Harsanyi said. “Everyone fought as hard as they could. It was a great effort by the team.” The match hinged on the outcome of No. 2 singles, where Duke’s Alberto Brause outlasted UNC’s Rob Tedesco 5- 7,6-3, 7-5. The duo entered the decisive third set with the match tied at 3. But the pressure didn’t seem to affect either player, as both continued their baseline slugfest. But in the end, Brause’s consis tency got the bet ter of Tedesco, who defied his style by approach ing and volleying more often than usual. Tar Heel No. 2 seed ROB TEDESCO fell 5-7,6-3,7-5 to Duke's Alberto Brause in the deciding match. “(Brause) is real consistent from the baseline,” Tedesco said. “I knew I had to be patient, wait for the right ball and attack and just go to the net.” Tedesco jumped to a quick 3-0 lead in the set, but Brause, No. 31 in the country, responded by running off three games of his own. The contest was tied at 5 when Brause broke Tedesco’s serve and then used that momentum to finish out the match. “It’s probably the toughest loss I’ve ever been through,” said Tedesco, who dropped his first conference bout of the season. “I attacked the balls that I had to attack. I give him credit. 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Harsanyi started aggressively and dictated the first set, then varied the pace on his shots to wear down Muzyka, one of the ACC’s better play ers who returned last weekend from injury. “Duke is a really good team, so we knew we’d have to be aggressive and take it to them,” Harsanyi said. “So I just came out real aggressive in the beginning, working him around. “(Muzyka is) a contact hitter, so I wanted to try and change it up a little on him." Tony Thomas provided the Tar Heels’ final point with a 6-2, 6-3 tri umph over Adam Gusky at No. 4. No. 5 David Britt couldn’t handle the net skills of Jordan Wile as he fell 64,6- 2. The loss snapped Britt’s five-match winning streak. And at No. 6, UNC’s Eric Saunders succumbed to Porter Jones 6-3,6-3. “Hopefully we can use this (loss) to our advantage,” Harsanyi said.” We beat them last year in the regular season and we lost to them in the ACC tourna ment. So hopefully we can turn that around.” The Tar Heels didn’t fare as well in doubles, as No. 1 Phillips and Thomas were beaten by seventh-ranked Root and Wile 8-3. At No. 2, Gusky and Jones dropped Harsanyi and Saunders 8-3, and Britt and Tedesco defeated Muzyka and Sebastien Gabbi 7-7 (retired). “We came out flat in doubles, with no emotion,” Tedesco said.”We knew we had to go out there in singles and show them that they were in for a fight.” Because today is mystery meat day. SPORTS Wake women overwhelm Tar Heels BY JEFF STENCEL STAFF WRITER A strong wind blew through the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center on Wednesday, and Wake Forest accompa nied it. The No. 9 Demon Deacons smashed the North Carolina women’s tennis team 8-1, a seemingly one-sided out come. But even though UNC (7-13,44 in the ACC) managed to muster only one victory on the day, every match was well-contested and winnable. “I’m proud of our girls because we played a good Women's tennis Wake Forest .. .8 UNC 1 match,” UNC coach Kitty Harrison said. “On every single court, they knew we were here.” Although UNC put up a fight, it couldn’t manage to put a dent in Wake’s armor. The Deacons were simply too tough. In singles play, Wake (15-5, 6-1) swept through all six matches. Sarah Hawkins provided the stiffest competition for Wake before bowing to Nicola Kaiwai 6-2,4-6,64 at No. 3. After splitting the first two sets of the match, Hawkins took a 2-0 lead early in the final set, but then the momentum changed. Kaiwai raced back with strong groundstrokes from both sides and seized the win. “Going into the last set, I wanted to stay with my game plan because I knew I could play with her,” Hawkins said. “There were some tough breaks out there today .that will hopefully go our way on other days.” In other singles action, UNC’s J.C. Biber lost 6-3, 6-2 to Maggie Harris at the top seed, while second-seeded Amy Jensen outlasted UNC’s Jessica Zaganczyk 6-3,7-6. Alison Levy, Jeni Burnette, and Robyn Gurney also suffered losses for the Tar Heels. By the time doubles competition came around, the match was over. Still, the Tar Heels didn’t concede. VISA 4000 vfr*' 9QC 33~§ sfISC . Vl „ jJEK ¥., 6EKSEET Y - ■- - - •• ■- ■ 1 —~~7 " / • ‘ \ J d/J 'Jf i J -} [Mf J ■if \ !v x ' ■■ \ y -'' , * r’i Bp \ * • *” P ■ |jp S-— ■ ■ DTH/CARA BRICKMAN Tar Heel Jessica Zaganczyk hits a backhand in her singles match Wednesday against Amy Jensen of Wake Forest. Zaganczyk lost 6-3, 7-6. After the Demon Deacon’s No. 1 team of Kaiwai and Lule Aydin defeat ed Zaganczyk and Hawkins 8-6, and UNC’s Levy and Gurney lost to the tan dem of Jensen and Harris 8-2 at the sec ond spot, the Tar Heels sprang to life. Behind Biber’s leadership, UNC’s third-seeded doubles combination of Biber and Burnette rallied from a 5-2 It’s every v^rvere you. Ava.ut to be. Thursday, April 10, 1997 deficit to surprise the Demon Deacons’ Cristina Caparis and Betiima Pieri 9-8. Biber was a force all over the court, finishing off numerous rallies at the net and hustling to balls ordinarily out of reach. Her strong decision-making swung the match in UNC’s favor. Harrison said, “J.C.’s a leader, and she really proved it today." 9
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