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(ftp Bally (Ear Heel UNC Digs Early Hole, Can't Escape The men's tennis team came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the match at 3-3, but Duke prevailed in the end. By Bret Strelow Assistant Sports Editor DURHAM The North Carolina men’s tennis team was buried nearly six feet deep. The 16th-ranked Tar Heels were swept in doubles and lost the first two completed singles matches against No. 6 Duke to fall behind 3-0. They climbed all the way back to tie the match, but minutes later, Men’s Tennis UNC 3 Duke 4 Blue Devil senior Porter Jones clinched a 4-3 team victory by defeating junior Chad Riley 6-3,3-6,6-3 at No. 6 singles. The end result meant the end of UNC’s 11-match winning streak and the extension of Duke’s ACC regular-sea son win streak to 31. The streaks began to lean in opposite directions after Riley captured die sec ond set. Jones had to take a five-minute injury timeout after the set to have his back worked on. But he used the break to plan his third-set attack. Jones broke Riley’s serve in the set’s fourth game to take a 3-1 lead and won 12 of his next 16 ser vice points to close out the match. “Even though it was five minutes to stretch, it was also five minutes to reflect on how I won the first set and what I did differendy in the second set,” saidjones, who was playing his last regular-season match at the Duke Tennis Stadium and improved to 7-1 at No. 6 singles. “I knew I needed to attack a little more, and near the end I was starting to come in, and I think it threw him off.” Jones’ victory came just minutes after UNC sophomore Marcio Petrone won a second-set tiebreaker to clinch a 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) victory against Joel Spicher. Petrone finished off the match with a backhand lob for a winner that evened up the score at 3-3 for the Tar Heels (14-3,5-1 in the ACC). BUS A B O UT Jr*" \ ( I www bus about com c- y\\ c § Fer a fRB brochure call Council Travel at 1808 2COIMCU or STB Travel 81180010002 Buenos Aires Lima Santiago London Dublin Paris Nice Copenhagen Stockholm Oslo Amsterdam Berlin Munich Zurich Istanbul LOW STUDENT AIRFARES Europe • Africa • Asia • South America More Than 100 Departure Cities! Eurailpasses • Bus Passes • Study Abroad . _ student •C3* universe •com IT’S YOUR WORLD. EXPLORE IT. www.StudentUniverse.com 800-272-9676 Junior David Cheatwood and senior Tripp Phillips got the Tar Heels’ comeback rolling at No. 3 and No. 1 singles, respectively. After dropping the first two points of the match to Andres Pedroso, Cheatwood rat ded off 16 of the next 19 to jump out to a 4-0 lead. He took the set Tar Heel junior David Cheatwood topped Duke's Andres Pedroso 6-1,7-6 (7-2) at No. 3 singles. 6-1, then clinched the match by winning a second-set tiebreaker 7-2. Phillips broke Doug Root’s serve in the third game on his way to a 6-4 first set win. He fell behind 5-2 in the sec ond, but stormed back to capture the victory by winning a second-set tiebreaker 7-4. “I had had a lot of chances earlier in the set, deuce games, I just wasn’t get ting them,” Phillips said. “I was just patient, and it came around.” The Tar Heels had to claw their way back because of Duke’s early domi nance, which included straight-set wins for the Blue Devils (17-5, 6-0) at No. 2 and No. 5 singles. Assaf Drori and Greg Archer lost 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, but the two other Tar Heel tandems had legitimate shots at victory. Petrone and Tyne Brownlow were in control at No. 3 doubles, up a break at 6-4. But Duke’s Jones and Michael Yani won 16 of the next 22 points and won the match 8-6. Cheatwood, teamed with Phillips at No. 2, was broken in the second game, and the duo were unable to convert any of their five break point chances the rest of the way and lost 8-5. “Our guys have been that way all year long,” UNC coach Sam Paul said. “We’ve dug some holes, and we’ve found a way to dig out of them.” UNC almost did it again, but Jones picked up his own shovel and buried the Tar Heels. The Sports Editor can be reached at sports@unc.edu. , f It/ \ HI Wbt Ky J|H Plf ~ ~ ( life/ 7 ' ’ ,’Tvny! w,. . : /Jf * mSM - ■ . ■ yY.Vy ' Y- * kVsYt ,YY. V I)TH KATE MELLNIK UNC's Chad Riley, shown against Virginia Commonwealth, came back from a one-set deficit to force a third set but lost to Duke's Porter Jones. Want A Challenge? Start your career off on the right foot by enrolling in the Air Force Officer Training School.There you will become a commissioned officer in just 12 weeks. 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