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Men’s tennis splits weekend
matches with ranked foes
BY DAVID MOSES
STAFF WRITER
Off to its best start in nearly 30
years, the North Carolina men’s
tennis team was looking to contin
ue its perfect season.
However, after defeating No. 57
Virginia Tech 6-1 on Friday, the
No. 52 Tar Heels dropped a close
5-2 decision to No. 12 Virginia
Commonwealth on Sunday.
After dropping the doubles
point Friday at
Cone-Kenfield
Tennis Center,
the Tar Heels
(7-1) fought
back to take all
six singles
matches from
Va. Tech (4-3).
MEN'S TENNIS
VCU 5
UNC 2
Va. Tech 1
UNC 6
“We’re not doing some things
we’ve been working on in practice,”
said North Carolina coach Sam
Paul about his team’s doubles play.
“I’m very disappointed.”
Senior Nick Monroe easily won
his match at the top spot, and fel
low senior Andy Metzler extended
his personal winning streak to 11
matches at No. 2 singles.
Sophomores Derek Porter,
Raian Luchici, Brad Pomeroy and
junior Geoff Boyd all won their
singles matches in straight sets.
On Sunday, the Tar Heels once
again dropped the doubles point to
VCU (11-0).
Monroe won his match when
his opponent was forced to with
draw. At that point, things looked
good for the Tar Heels.
However, UNC was unable to
win the number of singles matches
it needed to pull the upset.
Metzler had his personal win
ning streak snapped as he dropped
a 6-2,6-2 decision.
“I played pretty good for a
while,” Metzler said. “You know
you are going to have a bad match
Monroe fuels early success for UNC
BY DANIEL MALLOY
STAFF WRITER
While waiting for the serve to
come, Nick Monroe constantly
bounces to and fro, ready to strike.
He rocks to the left and to the
right and when his opponent toss
es the ball in the air, Monroe hops
from one foot to the other in
preparation.
He eyes the yellow ball whizzing
through the air then uncoils his per
fect, son-of-a-tennis-coach form,
sailing the serve back to its origin.
The shot flies back to the serv
er, in this case Virginia
Commonwealth’s Arnaud
LeCloerec, and the two exchange a
baseline rally.
But as soon as LeCloerec gives
North Carolina’s No. 1 player an
opening, he darts to the net and
delivers a well-placed kill shot.
The formula has worked to per
fection for Monroe this spring.
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every once in a while.
Unfortunately, I chose today to
have my bad match.”
In a match marred with argu
ments, Luchici lost 7-6 (8-6), 6-3.
Luchici was forced to default the
last point of the first set after he was
penalized for throwing his racket.
He was later penalized an entire
game in the second set for arguing
with his opponent.
There were also some contro
versial calls in Boyd’s 7-6 (7-3), 6-2
victory at No. 6, which resulted in
tension and several overrulings.
Paul, despite the disagreements,
said he does not worry about the
officiating.
“I’m more concerned with our
young men and how they handle
situations,” Paul said. “They’ve got
some things to learn, and I will
take care of that.”
Paul was upset because he
knows part of his team’s role is to
uphold UNC’s reputation.
“I’m very disappointed in my
team,” he said. “First and foremost,
we are going to represent the
University in the right way.
“Some young men did not do
that today, and we are going to take
care of that.”
Boyd said the team will not have
any problems bouncing back after
its first bout with adversity.
“It better motivate us,” he said.
“I know everybody on the squad,
and we’re going to fight our asses
off, and it’s just going to motivate
us to fight harder.”
Monroe seconded Boyd’s feelings
and doesn’t think the Tar Heels will
have any problems with motivation.
“We’ll bounce right back,”
Monroe said. “We fought ... the
whole way through. We’ll be ready
for the next match.”
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The senior is 8-0 in singles
matches, ranked No. 23 in the
country and was named the ACC
Men’s Tennis Performer of the Week
after his Feb. 14 upset of Georgia’s
Bo Hodge, who is ranked sixth.
On Friday against 57th-ranked
Virginia Tech, Monroe set the tone
with a 6-3, 6-2 victory against
Andreas Lauland, though he and
Geoff Boyd dropped their doubles
match.
The team went on to claim all six
singles matches for a 6-1 victory.
On Sunday, the Tar Heels faced
a much tougher test in No. 12 VCU.
Monroe and Boyd came out with
a vengeance and dominated their
doubles match, winning 8-1 against
LeCloerec and Florian Marquardt.
Monroe then played LeCloerec
off the court, literally. With
Monroe leading 4-3 in the first set,
VCU’s top singles player had to
retire because of a right arm injury.
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Tar Heels set floor exercise mark
BY GABRIELLE DE ROSA
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Entering this weekend, no gym
nastics team in the nation had
scored above a 49-7 on floor exer
cise until North Carolina
stepped off the mat on Sunday.
Courtney Bumpers earned her
third consecutive 10.0, and three
other Tar Heels earned scores of
9-975 as UNC swept the top six
places in the meet at Carmichael
Auditorium.
In fact, UNC’s lowest score was
a 9.925, giving the team an overall
score 0f49.875 in the event.
But senior Anna Wilson and
Olivia Trusty, who both received a
9.975, said there’s always room to
improve.
“We can just make it better,”
Thisty said. “Everything we do can
be better.”
Wilson said she knows the judg
ing will change in the postseason.
“When we get into it at region
als or nationals, we’re going to be
scored a little differently,” Wilson
said. “They differentiate a lot bet
ter in those higher meets.”
But Coach Derek Galvin doesn’t
see much room for improvement.
“Right now, our team tumbling
on the floor is among the very best
in the country,” Galvin said. “If this
meet had featured Alabama,
Georgia and Utah, or UCLA, you
would not have noticed much of a
difference between our team on
floor and those teams.
“Actually, our team is stronger
on floor.”
Mikel Hester kicked off the
rotation with a 9-975 in a slightly
different routine from Friday’s
meet against N.C. State, which
garnered a 9-825.
Hester’s routine lacked her
usual double back flip when a fall
in warmups on bars prompted
Galvin to change her floor routine
Coach Sam Paul praised his top
performer’s ferocious play.
“He’s been playing really well,
doing a great job,” Paul said. “(He)
did a great job today in doubles.
He’s our leader. He’s our fighter.”
Monroe’s leadership is evident
on the court. He leads the pregame
warmups and stretches. During his
matches he will often yell “Go
Heels” to his teammates on other
courts, always mindful of the col
lective over the individual.
When asked about his individ
ual goals he did not say anything
about an ACC championship or a
national ranking.
“I’m just trying to give 110 per
cent every day I come out to prac
tice or to a match,” Monroe said.
“But the team, that’s what I’m wor
ried about.”
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“Her other routine the one we
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Galvin said. “She had too much
power on that last pass, and that’s
something we can address.”
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routine was one of her best.
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“Courtney’s tumbling is so big
we want to keep her at the end to
help build the routines,” Galvin
said.
After a record-breaking day, the
Tar Heels are itching to get to the
postseason.
“I pray every night that this
team will have the opportunity to
compete at the NCAA champi
onships because on floor they
belong there,” he said. “They defi
nitely belong there.”
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