Oct. 25, 2001

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - The Tar Heel men's tennis team continued play Thursday in the Omni Hotels/ITA Region II Championships presented by Top of the Hill.

Sophomore Andy Metzler fell in the second round of qualifying in singles Thursday but he and teammate Marcio Petrone did advance through the qualifying stages in doubles.

Both of UNC's doubles teams in the main draw won one match Thursday night but then fell in the second round. Freshman Geoff Boyd and sophomore Nicholas Monroe fell to the #8 seeded team from Georgia Tech.

Carolina will have four players starting singles play in the main draw of the tournament on Friday. Senior Marcio Petrone is the #3 seed in the tournament. He will be joined by junior Trystan Meniane as well as Boyd and Monroe.

Carolina Players in the Omni Hotel /ITA Region II Championships presented by Top of the Hill

Wednesday

Qualifying Singles
Andy Metzler d. Andres Cotuna (Liberty) 6-3, 7-5
Paul Goode (UNC-G) d. Daniel Pinchbeck (UNC) 6-4, 6-7, 6-0

Qualifying Doubles
1st rd. Meniane/Pinchbeck d. Hadden/McWhorter (UNC-G) 8-2
2nd rd. Meniane/Pinchbeck d. Cotuna/Rino (Liberty) 8-1
1st rd. Metzler/Petrone d. Branks/Mulhane (UNC-A) 8-2
2nd rd. Metzler Petrone d. Burwell/Porter (Wofford) 8-3
1st rd. Aiken/Hilkey d. Furfuro/Villarroel (Chas. South.) 8-3
2nd rd. Aiken/Hilkey d. Hamori/Procacci (American) 9-7

Thursday

Qualifying Singles
2nd rd. Qual. Scott Schnugg (Ga. Tech) d. Andy Metzler 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Qualifying Doubles 3rd rd. Qual Laub/Luscan (FSU) d. Meniane/Pinchbeck 8-4
Metzler/Petrone d. Jonsson/McGovern (Charlotte) 8-5 Qualify
3rd rd. Qual Brendon/Lowenthal (Wake Forest) d. Aiken/Hilkey 8-1

Main Draw Doubles
1st Rd. Boyd/Monroe d. Koning/Thompson (Clemson) 8-3
Rd. 16 Anderson/Wright (#8) (GT) d. Boyd/Monroe 8-6
1st Rd. Metzler/Petrone d. Binkowski/Csanadi (ODU) 8-3
Rd. 16 Lowenthal/Brendon (WFU) d. Metzler/Petrone 8-2

Friday

Main Draw Singles
11 a.m. Geoff Boyd vs. (7) Mike Murray (Wake Forest)
11 a.m. (3) Marcio Petrone vs. David Wright (Ga. Tech)
12 p.m. Nicholas Monroe vs. York Allen (Duke)
1 p.m. Trystan Meniane vs. Zack Malmgren-Q (W&M)