Vols sweep Wake Forest, advance to NCAA Tournament super regional

Tennessee tennis sweeps Wake Forest and advances to a NCAA Tournament super regional.

No. 8 seed Tennessee (23-7) defeated Wake Forest, 4-0, Sunday at Barksdale Stadium in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament Knoxville Regional.

Tennessee will host South Carolina in the Knoxville Super Regional on Saturday. First serve between the Vols and Gamecocks is slated for 4 p.m. EDT at Barksdale Stadium.

Tennessee-Wake Forest results:

Doubles

1. #4 Pat Harper/Johannus Monday (UT) def. #27 Filippo Moroni/Matthew Thomson (WFU) 6-4
2. #59 Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. #38 Jurabek Karimov/Luciano Tacchi (WFU) 5-3, unfinished
3. Angel Diaz/Martim Prata (UT) def. Melios Efstathiou/Juan Lopez de Azcona (WFU) 6-2

Order of finish: (3,1)

Singles

1. #5 Johannus Monday (UT) def. #4 Melios Efstathiou (WFU) 6-1, 6-1
2. #31 Emile Hudd (UT) def. Filippo Moroni (WFU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-1
3. Blaise Bicknell (UT) def. Matthew Thomson (WFU) 6-3, 6-0
4. #117 Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) vs. #98 Jurabek Karimov (WFU) 7-6 (7-2), 4-3, unfinished
5. Angel Diaz (UT) vs. Luciano Tacchi (WFU) 6-2, 0-6, 4-5, unfinished
6. Tomas Rodriguez (UT) vs. Juan Lopez de Azcona (WFU) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0, unfinished

Order of finish: (3,1,2)

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