March 22, 2012

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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Following its first conference win of the season against Boston College, the Maryland men's tennis team travels to Clemson and Georgia Tech this weekend for a pair of ACC clashes. The Terps take on the 63rd-ranked Tigers Friday, March 23 at 2:30 p.m., and face the 69th-ranked Yellow Jackets Sunday, March 25 at noon.

Maryland
The Terps (4-9, 1-2 ACC) split back-to-back home matches last weekend against Boston College and No. 25 Oklahoma. Against the Eagles, Maryland won 5 of 6 singles matches en route to a 6-1 victory.

On Sunday against the Sooners, 36th-ranked Maros Horny and John Collins upset 18th-ranked Costin Paval and Dane Webb in doubles action, and Tommy Laine and Vlad Stefan dispatched of 68th-ranked Tsvetan Mihov and Peerakit Siributwong to secure the doubles point for the Terps. But Oklahoma won 5 of 6 singles matches to earn a 5-2 victory.

Freshman Vlad Stefan enters the weekend the winner of 2 of his last 3 matches. Junior Tommy Laine snapped a three-match losing streak against David Pultr of Oklahoma Sunday.

In doubles, Horny and Collins have won 6 of 8 including two wins over nationally-ranked opponents.

Series History
Clemson leads the all-time series against Maryland, 43-15, but the Terps won last season's meeting in College Park, 5-2.

Georgia Tech has won 26 of 32 meetings with Maryland including last season's 5-2 win in College Park.

Live Scoring
Live stats will be available for both matches this weekend. Clemsontigers.com will provide live coverage of Friday's match.

Clemson

The Tigers have won two in a row with both wins coming against ACC foes, Georgia Tech and Miami.

No. 49 Yannick Maden leads the Tigers in singles play. He is 8-2 this spring at the No.1 position and 19-5 this year.

Maden teams with Zachary Rigsby to form Clemson's No. 1 doubles team. The duo is ranked 53rd and is 4-4 in dual action.

Georgia Tech

The Yellow Jackets earned their first ACC win of the spring with a 7-0 defeat of Miami on March 13. The Jackets will face Boston College Friday before the Terps arrive in Atlanta.

Tech has a solid 1-2 combination at the top of the singles lineup in All-American Kevin King, the nation's 13th-ranked player in singles, and Juan Spir, ranked No. 101. King has played very well this spring at the top singles position in the Tech lineup, building an 11-2 record with his only losses coming to the nation's second and 10th-ranked players. Spir has an 8-5 mark this spring.

Tech has swept all three doubles matches in each of its last two outings. King and Spir, the nation's No. 2-ranked doubles team, has lost just once this spring, to Wisconsin, and are 11-1.

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