Men's Tennis Meets Virginia To End Regular Season
April 9, 2001
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The University of Maryland men's tennis team (4-10, 0-7 ACC) will end their regular season on Tuesday as they travel to Virginia to take on the Cavaliers at 2:30 p.m. inside the Sheridan Snyder Tennis Center. The men have one more chance to capture that elusive first ACC victory against Virginia. Losers of their last seven, the Terps are looking to regain their early season success. Following their regular season ending match against Virginia, Maryland heads to Orlando, Fla. to participate in the 2001 ACC Springfest to be held April 19-21.
Scouting Virginia
Virginia comes into their match with Maryland with a 10-5 record overall including a 3-4 mark in the ACC. Over the weekend, the No. 46-ranked Cavaliers fell to Duke on Saturday 5-2, but rebounded on Sunday, beating NC State 5-2. The team is led by All-American Brian Vahaly who is ranked 13th nationally. Vahaly is coming off a season in which he won 35 singles matches, the most ever by a Virginia men's tennis player earning ACC Player of the Year Honors in 2000. A year ago, Virginia finished 16-10 overall with a record of 5-3 in conference play, good enough for fourth in the ACC standings. All time, the Cavaliers are 51-21-1 against Maryland, including a 6-1 victory against the Terps last season.
Terps Fall To N.C. State 7-0
The University of Maryland men's tennis team (4-10, 0-7 ACC) lost to N.C. State (6-15, 1-4 ACC) on Saturday at the Wolfpack Tennis Center.
In singles competition, sophomore Chris Chiu (Columbia, Md.) dropped his match 6-2, 6-3 to Eric Jackson at the No. 1 position. The loss brings Chiu's record for the season to 6-7. Senior Jonathan Neeter (Old Tappan, N.J.) lost to Michael Carducci 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 2 spot. In the No. 3 position, junior Jonathan Murchison (Orchard Park, N.Y.) lost his eighth singles match of the season, falling to Reinaldo Valor 6-4, 6-4. Senior Luan Nguyen (Tamuning, Guam) dropped his match to Brad Kilgore at the No. 4 position 6-3, 6-2. At the No. 5 spot, senior Larry Chou (Rockville, Md.) fell to 4-10 in singles play this season, losing to Ryan Boward 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday. At the No. 6 position, senior Dan Kenshalo (Gaithersburg, Md.) lost to Bryce McGrory 6-1, 6-2.
In doubles play, Chou and Neeter teamed up for the 10th time this year, but could not knock off Jackson and Valor of N.C. State, falling 8-3 on the No. 1 position. At the No. 2 spot, Murchison and Nguyen couldn't hold off Carducci and John Davis of the Wolfpack, falling 8-3. Chiu and Kenshalo fell to 2-4 on ACC doubles play together, losing to Boward and Kilgore 8-6.
