Jan. 22, 2001

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The North Carolina men's tennis team began preparation for their upcoming dual match season this past weekend by participating in the 2001 ACC Indoor Championships. The Championships were held in Winston-Salem at the Wake Forest University Indoor Tennis Center. Seven teams from the ACC competed in the event including No. 4 Duke, No. 26 North Carolina, No. 31 Clemson, No. 35 Virginia, and No. 73 Georgia Tech.

Nine Tar Heel's participated in the singles draw which began on Friday, January 19th. Final results include:

FIRST ROUND

Aron Breziner (UNC) d. Jaggeet Samde (NCSU) 6-4, 6-3
Nicholas Monroe (UNC) d. Steve Perkins (WFU) 6-0, 6-2
Joey Hopke (Clemson) d. Tyne Brownlow (UNC) 6-4, 6-2
David Lawenthal (WFU) d. Greg Archer (UNC) 6-4, 6-4
Amit Yagger (Ga. Tech) d. Chad Riley (UNC) 6-3, 6-1
David Wright (Ga. Tech) d. Marcio Petrone (UNC) 6-4, 6-4
Kevin Gottfried (Clemson) d. Ben Aiken (UNC) 7-5, 6-4

SECOND ROUND

David Cheatwood (UNC) d. Jason Yeong (Ga. Tech) 7-6, 6-4
Gordon Huang (Ga. Tech) d. Max Hilkey (UNC) 6-3, 7-5
Joel Spicher (DUKE) d. Nicholas Monroe (UNC) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Andrew Simpson (WFU) d. Aron Breziner (UNC) 6-1, 6-2

ROUND OF 16

Raul Munoz (WFU) d. David Cheatwood (UNC) 7-6 (8), 7-5

CONSOLATION SINGLES FIRST ROUND

Max Hilkey (UNC) d. Rick Phillip (WFU) 6-2, 7-6 (6)
Gregg Alpert (UVA) d. Ben Aiken (UNC) 6-2, 6-0

ROUND OF 16

Greg Archer (UNC) d. Steve Perkins (WFU) 6-1, 6-2
Joso Menano (Ga. Tech) d. Tyne Brownlow (UNC) 6-1, 6-0
Gregg Alpert (UVA) d. Max Hilkey (UNC) 7-6 (6), 6-7 (2), 6-4
Brad Emendarfer (CU) d. Chad Riley (UNC) 6-0, 6-3
**Marcio Petrone withdrew from his round of 16 match with Alex Navinkov (Ga. Tech) due to a shoulder injury.

QUARTERFINALS

Ryan Heinberg (DU) d. Greg Archer (UNC) 6-3, 6-2

The Tar Heels also participated in the doubles draw with four different doubles teams. Final results include:

FIRST ROUND

Croker/Hunter (UVA) d. Cheatwood/Brownlow (UNC) 8-5
Petrone/Monroe (UNC) d. Emendarfer/Robinson (CU) 8-3
Gojanovic/Knight (CU) d. Hilkey/Archer (UNC) 8-4
Simpson/Phillip (WFU) d. Aiken/Riley (UNC) 8-3

ROUND OF 16

Coirault/Menano (Ga. Tech) d. Petrone/Monroe (UNC) 8-6

Absent from the Tar Heels lineup during the Championships was sophomore Trystan Meniane who was battling a knee injury.

Up next for the Heels is the South Carolina Invitational. Play will begin on Friday and run through the weekend. The Invitational will be the Heel's last match experience before beginning their dual match season on February 1, when they will host Davidson.