March 30, 2008

RALEIGH, NC -- N.C. State defeated Clemson 6-1 in a men's Atlantic Coast Conference tennis match at Raleigh, NC Sunday afternoon.

NC State improved to 12-8 overall and 4-2 in the ACC. Clemson falls to 13-14 overall and 1-6 in league play.

Clemson's Derek DiFazio defeated David Chermak at number-six singles 1-6, 6-2, 7-6 for the Tigers only victory in singles play.

The Tigers will play host to Maryland and Charleston Southern on Saturday at the Hoke Sloan Tennis Center. The Tigers will play host to Boston College and Coker at Clemson on Sunday.

N.C. State 6, Clemson 1

DOUBLES
No. 1 - #9 Cavaday/Weinacker (NCSU) def. Alvarez/Fleck (CU) - 8-3
No. 2 - McGee/Welte (NCSU) def. Belk/DiFazio (CU) - 8-2
No. 3 - Boryachinskiy/Galloway (CU) def. Chermak/Stephens (NCSU) - 8-6

Order of finish: 2,1,3

SINGLES
No. 1 - #70 James McGee (NCSU) def. Carlos Alvarez (CU) - 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 - Nick Cavaday (NCSU) def. Gera Boryachinskiy (CU) - 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
No. 3 - Jay Weinacker (NCSU) def. Kevin Fleck (CU) - 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 4 - Christian Welte (NCSU) def. Ike Belk (CU) - 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 - Derek Stephens (NCSU) def. Kevin Galloway (CU) - 6-1, 7-6 (3)
No. 6 - Derek DiFazio (CU) def. David Chermak (NCSU) - 1-6, 6-2, 1-0 (11-9)

Order of finish: 4,1,3*,2,6,5

* Clinched the match