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No. 5 Men's Tennis overmatches No. 10 Duke, 6-1
03.02.2008 | Men's Tennis
DURHAM, N.C. -- No. 5 Texas secured the doubles point and dominated the singles session with wins in five of six matches to knock off No. 10 Duke by a 6-1 count Sunday afternoon at the Blue Devils' Ambler Tennis Stadium. The Longhorns rebounded nicely from their 5-2 loss on Friday at No. 1 Virginia to deliver their third win over a current or former top-10 opponent and their sixth victory over a top-25 team.
"I was a little concerned because we've had a difficult time winning here," UT coach Michael Center said, "but we came out and got the doubles point. I didn't think we were great in doubles, but we got the point. Our energy level in singles was outstanding, and I was really, really pleased with our effort."
Texas scored the doubles point with wins at the second and third positions. Sophomores Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala opened with an 8-4 win at the third slot over Reid Carleton and Alain Michel, and senior Luis Diaz Barriga and junior Miguel Reyes Varela nailed down the point with a decisive 8-3 win at second doubles over Dylan Arnould and Alex Stone.
The Longhorns (11-2) immediately took it to the Blue Devils (2-3) in the singles session, winning three straight-set matches to clinch the victory. Freshman Ed Corrie posted a dominant 6-2, 6-0 showing over Arnould, and senior Milan Mihailovic pushed the Texas lead to 3-0 with a 6-3, 6-1 triumph over Stone at fifth singles.
Diaz Barriga finished off the team victory with a 7-5, 6-1 win at fourth singles over Jared Pinsky. Kutrovsky later added a 6-4, 7-5 win over 33rd-ranked David Goulet at first singles, and Zavala chalked up the final point for Texas with a 7-6 (3), 6-2 win at the sixth slot over Aaron Carpenter.
"I think our guys just looked at each other after the doubles and said `let's play together as a team out there', and you could feel the energy level," Center added. "Overall, the guys did a fantastic job."
Texas returns home on Wednesday, March 5 when it meets No. 37 Old Dominion at 6 p.m. Central at UT's Penick-Allison Tennis Center.
No. 5 Texas 6, No. 10 Duke 1
Doubles - Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1
1. Goulet/Price (DU) def. Corrie/Damico (UT) - 8-7 (4)
2. Diaz Barriga/Reyes Varela (UT) def. Arnould/Stone (DU) - 8-3
3. Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT) def. Carleton/Michel (DU) - 8-4
Singles - Order of Finish: 3, 5, 4, 1, 2, 6
1. No. 54 Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) def. No. 33 David Goulet (DU) - 6-4, 7-5
2. No. 85 Reid Carleton (DU) def. No. 18 Kellen Damico (UT) - 3-6, 7-6, 1-0 (10-4)
3. No. 24 Ed Corrie (UT) def. Dylan Arnould (DU) - 6-2, 6-0
4. No. 88 Luis Diaz Barriga (UT) def. Jared Pinsky (DU) - 7-5, 6-1
5. Milan Mihailovic (UT) def. Alex Stone (DU) - 6-3, 6-1
6. Josh Zavala (UT) def. Aaron Carpenter (DU) - 7-6 (3), 6-2
