Men's Tennis Stumbles Against Clemson 7-0
March 31, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The University of Maryland men's tennis team (4-8, 0-5 ACC) fell to Clemson (4-14, 1-3 ACC) Saturday at home. The Tigers swept Maryland, taking all singles and doubles matches.
In singles play, sophomore Chris Chiu (Columbia, Md.) fell to Brad Emendorfer 6-2, 7-6 at the No. 1 position. At the No. 2 spot, senior Jonathan Neeter (Old Tappan, N.J.) lost to Darren Knight 6-2, 6-0. At the No. 3 position, junior Jonathan Murchison (Orchard Park, N.Y.) dropped his match to Micah Thompson 6-1, 6-2. At the No. 4 spot, senior Luan Nguyen (Tamuning, Guam) fell to Jamin Thompson 6-4, 6-4. Senior Larry Chou (Rockville, Md.) lost to Damiisa Robinson 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 5 position. At the No. 6 spot, senior Dan Kenshalo (Gaithersburg, Md.) fell to Kevin Gottfried 6-4, 6-1.
In doubles competition, Emandorfer and Knight teamed up for Clemson to overpower Neeter and Chou, taking the match 8-1 at the No. 1 position. At the No. 2 spot, Murchison and Nguyen lost to Eric Cohen and J. Thompson 9-7. Kenshalo and Chiu fell to Robinson and Gottfried of Clemson 8-3 at the No. 3 position.
The Terps will be back in action tomorrow to face No. 23 Georgia Tech. Match time is set for 9:30 a.m. inside the University of Maryland Tennis Bubble located adjacent to campus on Rt. 193.
Clemson 7 Maryland 0Singles
No. 1 Brad Emendorfer (Clemson) def. Chris Chiu (MD) 6-2, 7-6 No. 2 Darren Knight (Clemson) def. Jonathan Neeter (MD) 6-2, 6-0 No. 3 Micah Thompson (Clemson) def. Jonathan Murchison (MD) 6-1, 6-2 No. 4 Jamin Thompson (Clemson) def. Luan Nguyen (MD) 6-4, 6-4 No. 5 Damiisa Robinson (Clemson) def. Larry Chou (MD) 6-0, 6-3 No. 6 Kevin Gottfried (Clemson) def. Dan Kenshalo (MD) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
No. 1 Emendorfer/Knight (Clemson) def. Neeter/Chou (MD) 8-1 No. 2 J. Thompson/Eric Cohen (Clemson) def. Murchison/Nguyen (MD) 9-7 No. 3 Robinson/Gottfried (Clemson def. Kenshalo/Chiu (MD) 8-3
