April 21, 2005

CARY, N.C. - Eighth-seed Virginia Tech lost a close 4-3 opening match to ninth-seed Miami in the Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Championships at the Cary Tennis Center today. The Hokies, ranked No. 52 by the ITA, end the season with a 13-11 overall record while the No. 66 Hurricanes improve to 12-10 on the year.

In singles action, 76^th-ranked Stephane Rod (Sr., Lausanne, Switzerland) fell to 60^th-ranked Josh Cohen in the top spot. At No. 3, Albert Larregola (Fr., Lleida, Spain) defeated 95^th-ranked Tim Krebs, 6-2, 6-1, which put the Hokies on the board (2-1). Matthieu Leboucher (Fr., Le Perreux, France) tied the match (2-2) with his 6-3, 6-3 win over Ryan Waits in the sixth spot.

Angel Diankov (Sr., Yonkers, N.Y.) dropped a 6-2, 6-2 match to John Hoyes in the fourth position. 118^th-ranked Arvid Puranen (So., Lulea, Sweden) won his No. 2 match over Eric Hechtman in sets of 6-4, 7-5 to tie the match up 3-3. Alexey Sergeev (Fr., Moscow, Russia) lost a three-set heartbreaker to Vivek Subramanian for the clinching point of the match.

To begin the match, the Hurricanes clinched the doubles point after winning the No. 2 and No. 3 matches. Hokies Rod/Wilkins fell to Hechtman/Cohen 8-4 in the No. 2 match. At No. 3, Tech pair of Larregola/Puranen lost to Manrique/Hoyes, 8-3.

Miami moves on to face the No. 1 seed in the championships, second-ranked Virginia on Friday at 9 a.m. The two semi-final matches will be played on Saturday with the first semi-final match slated for 10 a.m. and the second semi-final match at 1 p.m. The conference championship will be decided on Sunday with the final match played at 11 a.m. For complete coverage of the 2005 ACC Men's Tennis Championships, visit the men's tennis page on theacc.com at http://theacc.collegesports.com/sports/m-tennis/acc-m-tennis-champ-05.html.

No. 66 Miami 4, No. 52 Virginia Tech 3

Singles

1. No. 60 Josh Cohen (UM) def. No. 76 Stephane Rod (VT), 6-1, 6-2

2. No. 118 Arvid Puranen (VT) def. Eric Hechtman (UM), 6-4, 7-5

3. Albert Larregola (VT) def. No. 95 Tim Krebs (UM), 6-2, 6-1

4. John Hoyes (UM) def. Angel Diankov (VT), 6-2, 6-2

5. Vivek Subramanian (UM) def. Alexey Sergeev (VT), 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

6. Matthieu Leboucher (VT) def. Ryan Waits (UM), 6-3, 6-3

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

*=clinching point

Doubles

1. Sergeev/Diankov (VT) def. Krebs/Subramanian (UM), DNF

2. Hechtman/Cohen (UM) def. Rod/Wilkins (VT), 8-4

3. Manrique/Hoyes (VT) def. Larregola/Puranen (UM), 8-3

Order of finish: 2,3