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    Sunday, May 13, 2012
    NCAA Tournament 2nd Rd.
    Chapel Hill, NC - Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center
    Versus

      

    FINAL Score - UNC 4, Tennessee 0

     start time:  1:07 pm 70 degrees, very cloudy


    DOUBLES (order of finish): #1

     

    SINGLES (order of finish): #3, #6, #2
    ^Hernandez/Burkhardt [#20] (UNC) 8
    Libietis/Reese [#12] (UT) 3
    Boyajian/Cameron Ahari (UNC) 7
    ^Chaplin/Jones (UT) 6
    Hess-Olesen/*Zach Hunter (UNC) 8
    ^Peter Nagovnak/Bryan Swartz (UT) 4

    MATCH NOTES

    ^SERVED FIRST IN MATCH

    * player currently serving

    Play resumed at 4:15 pm after 2:25 rain delay

    Play suspended at 5:40, play resumes at 6:12 inside

    UNC #1 doubles wins 10 min. after play resumes

    #3 UNC broke serve at 4-4, winning 5 straight games to clinch  dbls.

    Tennessee broken at 3-2 on #1

    1st meeting btwn. teams since 2000 NCAA 2nd Rd. in Knoxville; UNC asst. Tripp Phillips played #1 singles in that match.

    Both #1 dbls. teams earned bids to the NCAA Tournament. UNC:  12-3, Tenn. 17-8

    common opponents:  Both teams defeated Clemson, Ga. Tech; UNC defated Illinois 4-2, while Tenn. lost 4-1; Tenn. defeated Auburn 5-2, UNC lost 4-1.  UNC split with Duke, while Tenn. lost 6-1.

    UNC advances to first Sweet 16 since 2008

     



     ^Jose Hernandez [#26] (UNC) 4 5 0
    Mikelis Libietis [#28] (UT) 6 4 0
    Brennan Boyajian [#92](UNC) 6 6 0
    ^Hunter Reese [#72] (UT) 1 3

    0

    Esben Hess-Olesen  (UNC) 6 6 0
    ^Brandon Fickey (UT) 3 1 0
    Joey Burkhardt (UNC) 5 6 0
    ^Jarryd Chaplin (UT) 7 2 0
    William Parker (UNC) 6 4 0
    Edward Jones^ 2 5 0
    ^Oystein Steiro (UNC) 6 7 0
    Taylor Patrick 2 6(2) 0