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March 3, 2007

Final Stats

RALEIGH, N.C. -- One day after dropping a 4-3 decision at UNC Greensboro, the Navy tennis team lost to 39th-ranked North Carolina State by an identical score, Saturday at the Isehour Tennis Center in Raleigh, N.C.

Navy falls to 5-7 on the year with the loss, while North Carolina State improves to 10-1 with the victory.

"We bounced back very well from Friday's disappointing loss," said Navy head coach John Officer. "We had a great chance to win the doubles point and then played very well in the singles matches. I'm very proud of our team for how they played today. We weren't too far off from pulling out the match. I think we showed we can be a team to be reckoned with."

The teams split the results at Nos. 2 and 3 doubles, but the Wolf Pack won the doubles point thanks to an 8-6 victory at No. 1 doubles by the team of James McGee and Jay Weinacker over Jason Hill (So., Marietta, Ga.) and Nate Nelms (So., St. Mary's, Ga.). The Mids held a 5-2 lead and were up a break of serve in the match, but could not hold on for the victory over the 31st-ranked doubles tandem in the country.

Losing the doubles point would prove costly as the teams split the six singles matches to earn three points apiece.

Nelms recorded a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) win over Andre Iriarte at No. 1, Stanley Kahl (Sr., Richland, Pa.) posted a 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) victory over Ben Zink at No. 5 and Jarrad Smoke (Fr., Belmar, N.J.) recorded a 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5) win over Daniel Schinke at No. 6 singles.

The Wolf Pack won the remaining singles matches in straight sets, losing a combined 11 games in those matches.

"Jarrad had not appeared in a singles match this spring, but came off the bench nicely to record a great win," said Officer.

Navy will close its three-day trip by facing No. 17 North Carolina Sunday at 1 p.m.

North Carolina State 4, Navy 3
Doubles -- N.C. State wins the doubles point
#1 McGee/Weinacker (NCSU) def. Hill/Nelms, 8-6
#2 Iriarte/Welte (NCSU) def. Kahl/Lai, 8-2
#3 Alex James/Lemaich (N) def. Frideric Prandecki/Zink, 8-4

Singles
#1 Nate Nelms (N) def. Andre Iriarte, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
#2 James McGee (NCSU) def. Jason Hill, 6-1, 6-3
#3 Jay Weinacker (NCSU) def. Adrian Lai, 6-0, 6-1
#4 Christian Welte (NCSU) def. Ramsey Lemaich, 6-4, 6-2
#5 Stanley Kahl (N) def. Ben Zink, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
#6 Jarrad Smoke (N) def. Daniel Schinke, 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-5)