March 14, 2002

Montgomery, Ala. - Harvard defeated North Carolina 4-2 in the opening round of the Blue-Gray Collegiate Classic Thursday evening. Harvard improved to 6-1 and will face fourth seeded Indiana State in Friday's quarterfinals. Carolina (7-3) will face William & Mary in the consolation bracket Friday morning.

UNC sophomore Andy Metzler improved his singles record to 18-5 with a 6-2, 6-0 victory over the Crimson's William Lee. Lee is ranked 83rd Omni Hotels/ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings. Junior Trystan Meniane won his 10th straight singles match by a 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 score over Jonathan Chu.

Carolina's number one doubles team of Nick Monroe and Geoff Boyd also recorded an impressive victory over 26th ranked Jonathan Chu and Oliver Choo.

#44 Harvard 4
#34 Carolina 2

Singles

#1 David Lingman (H) d. Marcio Petrone [#122](UNC) 6-0, 6-3

#2 Trystan Meniane (UNC) d. Jonathan Chu [#90](H) 1-6, 6-3, 6-4

#3 Cliff Nguyen (H) d. Nicholas Monroe (UNC) 7-5, 6-1

#4 Daniel Pinchbeck (UNC) vs. Mark Riddell (H) DNF

#5 George Turner (H) d. Geoff Boyd (UNC) 6-4, 3-6, 6-1*

#6 Andy Metzler (UNC) d. William Lee [#83] (H) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

#1. Boyd/Monroe [#41] (UNC) d. Chu/Oli Choo [#26] (H) 9-7

#2 Chiu/Lingman (H) d. Petrone/Archer (UNC) 8-4

#3 Dalibor Snyder/Riddell [#55] (H) d. Meniane/Pinchbeck (UNC) 9-8(4)

* - clinched team victory