Feb. 13, 2007

RALEIGH, N.C. - N.C. State, ranked No. 35 nationally in the latest Fila Collegiate Tennis Poll, took five of six singles matches and swept doubles play to post a 6-1 non-conference victory over East Carolina Tuesday afternoon at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

The Pack's doubles tandem of James McGee and Ben Zink posted an 8-4 win over Aleksey Kochetov and Henrique Viana at the No. 1 slot before Frideric Prandecki and Daniel Schinke secured the opening tally with a similar 8-4 triumph against ECU's Matt Peeler and Brian Walters at the No. 3 position. N.C. State's Andre Iriarte and Christian Welte guaranteed the sweep with an 8-6 victory over Bryan Oakley and Stephen Whitwell.

Whitwell, a freshman, picked up the Pirates' only win of the afternoon when he cruised past Schinke 6-2, 6-4 in a No. 6 singles match.

N.C. State logged wins in the other five slots as McGee rolled past Kochetov (6-2, 6-3) at No. 1, Iriarte defeated Viana (6-2, 6-4) at No. 2, Welte rallied back from an opening set loss to dismiss Oakley (6-7, 6-3, 1-0/10-7) at No. 3, Zink handled Peeler (7-5, 6-1) at No. 4 and Prandecki stopped Sam McSpadden (6-3, 6-1) at No. 5.

The Pirates (3-4) will play the fourth of five consecutive road matches against in-state opponents when it travels to High Point Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. meeting against the Panthers.

No. 35 N.C. STATE 6, EAST CAROLINA 1
Singles Play
No. 1 - James McGee (NCSU) def. Aleksey Kochetov (ECU); 6-2, 6-3
No. 2 - Andre Iriarte (NCSU) def. Henrique Viana (ECU); 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 - Christian Welte (NCSU) def. Bryan Oakley (ECU); 6-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
No. 4 - Ben Zink (NCSU) def. Matt Peeler (ECU); 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 - Frideric Prandecki (NCSU) def. Sam McSpadden (ECU); 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 - Stephen Whitwell (ECU) def. Daniel Schinke (NCSU); 6-2, 6-4
Doubles Play
No. 1 - McGee/Zink (NCSU) def. Kochetov/Viana (ECU); 8-4
No. 2 - Iriarte/Welte (NCSU) def. Oakley/Whitwell (ECU); 8-6
No. 3 - Prandecki/Schinke (NCSU) def. Peeler/Brian Walters (ECU); 8-4
Team Records: East Carolina 3-4, N.C. State 7-0