Jan. 23, 2005

Raleigh, NC - NC State men's tennis is 4-0 on the season, matching its best start since the 1999 season with wins over Davidson (6-1) and The Citadel (7-0) on Sunday, January 23 at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. NC State defeated Gardner-Webb 7-0 and High Point 6-1 on Saturday, and completed the weekend sweep with impressive performances.

NC State made no mistake about the doubles point against The Citadel, sweeping all three matches after dropping the doubles point to Davidson earlier in the day. There would be no repeat of that match, as Nick Cavaday and Will Shaw turned in an 8-3 win at No. 1 singles over the Bulldog's Dossetor and Eason. William Noblitt and Dennis Myers won at No. 3 over Jose/Medica, 8-3 and at No. 2 Mason Schermerhorn and Andre Iriarte won 8-2 over Sawmynaden/Lara.

Noblitt was the first singles player off the court, dispatching Nicholas Medica at No. 4 singles in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0. He improved to 4-0 in singles for the Wolfpack, losing only five games in eight sets.

Schermerhorn pushed the Wolfpack lead to 3-0 as he won at No. 3 singles. He defeated Anada Sawmynaden 6-3, 6-4. Iriarte won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles against James Eason, and Cavaday won again at No. 1 singles with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Daniel Dossetor.

Rupena won at No. 5, beating David Lara 6-1, 6-1, and Ben Zink completed the sweep with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Derek Jose.

No. 75 NC State 7, The Citadel 0
Singles
1 Nick Cavaday def. Daniel Dossetor (C) * 6-3, 6-3
2 Andre Iriarte def. James Eason (C) * 6-1, 6-2
3 Mason Schermerhorn def. Ananda Sawmynaden (C) * 6-3, 6-4
4 William Noblitt def. Nicholas Medica (C) * 6-1, 6-0
5 Ben Zink def. Derek Jose (C) * 7-5, 6-3
6 Josip Rupena def. David Lara (C) * 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
1 Cavaday/Shaw def. Dossetor/Eason (C) * 8-3
2 Iriarte/Schermerhorn def. Sawmynaden/Lara (C) * 8-2
3 Noblitt/Myers def. Jose/Medica (C) * 8-3