March 30, 2012
Tech downs No. 33 NC State, 5-2
Hokies claim doubles and four singles matches in win
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BLACKSBURG, Va. – The No. 63 Virginia Tech men’s tennis team defeated No. 33 NC State, 5-2 on Friday afternoon at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Va. Tech improves to 7-8 overall and 3-3 in the ACC while the Wolfpack drops to 15-6 and 1-4 in the league.

Tech got out to a 1-0 lead, winning two of the three doubles matches to claim the point. The Hokies’ 47th-ranked duo of Luka Somen and Corrado Degl’ Incerti Tocci defeated the State tandem of Julian Sullivan and Sean Weber, 8-6 in the No. 1.

In the No. 3 doubles, Trpimir Kujundzic and Hunter Koontz paired up for an 8-3 win against Dominic Hodgson and Dave Thomson.

The Hokies increased their lead to 2-0 as No. 123 Lucas Oliveira defeated Robbie Mudge, 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 2 singles. NCSU got on the board in the next completed match with a win in the No. 4 singles to cut the Tech lead down to 2-1.

Somen had a big win in the No. 1 singles to give the Hokies a 3-1 lead in the match. Tech’s No. 119 Somen downed the 35th-ranked player, Jaime Pulgar in straight sets with scores of 6-2, 6-4.

The deciding match was the No. 5 where Tocci battled against Sullivan to three sets. Tocci won the opening set 7-6(5), but Sullivan came back strong in the second set for a 6-3 win. In the final set, Tocci claimed the 7-5 decision and the point needed for the team win.

Kujundzic also picked up a point for the Hokies with a three set win in the No. 6 singles. After faltering 6-4 to State’s Ivan Sanchez Gomez in the opening set, Kujundzic rallied back to take sets two and three with scores of 6-4, 6-1, respectively.

Tech will host Wake Forest on Sunday in a 2 p.m. match at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center. The time of this match has been changed from the original 3 p.m. start time.

Singles
1. #119 Luka Somen (VT) def. #35 Jaime Pulgar (NCSU) 6-2, 6-4
2. #123 Lucas Oliveira (VT) def. Robbie Mudge (NCSU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Dominic Hodgson (NCSU) def. Patrick Daciek (VT) 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-4
4. Austin Powell (NCSU) def. Mauricio Antun (VT) 7-6(3), 6-2
5. Corrado Degl’ Incerti Tocci (VT) def. Julian Sullivan (NCSU) 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5
6. Trpimir Kujundzic (VT) def. Ivan Sanchez Gomez (NCSU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
1. #47 Somen/Tocci (VT) def. Sullivan/Sean Weber (NCSU) 8-6
2. Mudge/Pulgar (NCSU) def. Oliveira/Daciek (VT) 8-6
3. Kujundzic/Hunter Koontz (VT) def. Hodgson/Dave Thomson (NCSU) 8-3

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