Men’s Tennis Downs UNC In The NCAA Tournament

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Pretty amazing. The men’s tennis team defeats UNC for the first time in 19 years. The win is even more impressive when you consider the scope of the historic win:

-1st win vs. UNC since 1988
-1st 4-0 win vs UNC
-1st NCAA Sweet 16
-2nd NCAA tournament win
-Set program’s record for most teams wins in a season(22)
-1st win vs. top 10 opponent in program’s history
-Beat highest ranked opponent in program’s history(#6)

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41 Responses to Men’s Tennis Downs UNC In The NCAA Tournament

  1. redfred2 05/14/2007 at 9:26 PM #

    TNCSU

    That STINKS! It doesn’t make sense unless you were on schlolarship in another sport, which I’m guessing you were, or you were the #1 player on the state championship tennis team from say, Alaska maybe?

  2. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 8:10 AM #

    It actually wasn’t a sports scholarship, but a separate “all-around” scholly (not academic, either!). I played HS in S.C. – actually a pretty good state for tennis – at the time not as good as NC top to bottom, though. Clemson has always been pretty good. I als remember playing and beating the number 4 player from Connecticut – who was down here. I’m not saying calling me (or anyone else) by itself would make a difference, but I got calls from other coaches that were at least on par with State. I think it just says something about professionalism to at least return calls, etc. It’s always good to have practice teams, etc. 9-10 players on a tennis team is not enough to promote good competition throughout the year. Our #4 player on my High School team went on to play at Clemson on their practice team his Freshman year. By his senior year, he was playing #1 and #2 at Clemson, and they were in the top 10 in the nation. He went on to play pro tennis for a while in Europe. That’s not common, but it CAN happen if you give guys a chance to play. I think Goog is a great example of giving a guy a chance — he blossomed in his 3rd & 4th years, and as we know when on to a great NBA career, but he was not highly touted out of H.S.

  3. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 8:11 AM #

    Sorry “Googs” not Goog!

  4. joe 05/15/2007 at 8:20 AM #

    They built a new pool in the early 90s (or late 80s) but I think they still have swim meets in the old pool. If that is true, anyone know why they don’t use the newer pool for meets?

  5. Trout 05/15/2007 at 8:57 AM #

    TNCSU – what years where you at NC State? Did you live in Owen your freshman year?

  6. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 9:00 AM #

    Yes,
    Do you add a “man” to your call-sign to get your last name?

  7. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 9:01 AM #

    1984-1985 Owen Dorm.

  8. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 9:09 AM #

    Trout,
    Are you who I think you are? Looks like you caught me. We’ll need to catch up. Are you still playing?

  9. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 9:24 AM #

    Just in case anyone hasn’t heard, Lucas chose Florida:

    http://www.risemag.com/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=NationalNews&&categoryKey=HotNews&articleId=9612

    Personally, I think Javi will end up better, as I think our Coaches know PG’s.

  10. Trout 05/15/2007 at 9:38 AM #

    TNCSU: Yep, its me. Where are you these days?

    “I beat a guy on scholarship” – was that guy Wade Jackson?

  11. Trout 05/15/2007 at 9:47 AM #

    No, I’m not still playing. We joined the University Club last year though, and I plan to start playing again.

  12. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 9:49 AM #

    No, I didn’t beat Wade – he was alway scared to play me! 🙂 I can’t remember the guy’s name – didn’t you beat him, too? I know we tried out that same year. I’ll have to dig deep to remember his name. He was about number 9 on the team, and that was our Sophomore year — I hadn’t really been playing competively for over a year at the time. I also can’t remember the name of the guy from Connecticut, but I remember he had some nice rackets! And I’m actually back in Raleigh these days — where are you? We’ll have to exchange email addresses somehow.

  13. Trout 05/15/2007 at 9:54 AM #

    You were much better than me. I tried out mainly because Wade was on the team (he and I played the SC Jr Circuit in doubles) – I knew I wouldnt make it. I’m in Raleigh as well.

  14. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 10:01 AM #

    I don’t know about “much” better…I enjoyed those days – I haven’t played much in 15 years. I’m not sure if I ever even played Wade on the SC Jr Circuit — I think only once — he was a tough player to figure out. He never missed. My doubles partner was Craig Brown, do you remember him? He went on to play at Grambling. I also played doubles with Chris Teal. My best win in doubles was over Brett Garnett and his partner (Mike Kiser?) my senior year. They had 3 match points against us, but we pulled it out. I know Brett played on the tour — doubles at Wimbledon several years. Last I heard, he was a teaching pro in Hickory — my brother played against him there a few years ago.

  15. Trout 05/15/2007 at 10:13 AM #

    I just did a google search on Bret Garnett (wow, talk about a blast from the past) – one of the hits was the past team and singles champions from A to AAAA in SC. I see that Greenwood won the title in ’84. West Florence (my HS) won it in ’85 and ’86. I was the only senior on our West Florence ’84 team.

    Shoot me an email at [email protected] and we will exchange real email addresses

  16. TNCSU 05/15/2007 at 10:34 AM #

    Will do, bud. 1984 was my senior year when we won it. I think we won it several years after that, too.

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