GENERAL INFORMATION: CAROLINA MEN’S TENNIS University Quick Facts Table of Contents Location: Chapel Hill, N.C. The 2006 Senior Class . .Front Cover Chartered: 1789 2005 ACC Academic Honor Roll Selections . .Inside Front Enrollment: 26,878 General Information, 2006 Media Guide . .1 Chancellor: James Moeser 2006 Roster & Schedule . .2 Director of Athletics: Dick Baddour 2006 Season Preview . .3 Senior Associate A.D. for Olympic Sports: Beth Miller Player Biographies . .4 National Affiliation: NCAA Division I Carolina Coaching Staff . .11 Conference: Atlantic Coast Conference 2005 Statistics . .13 Nickname: Tar Heels Carolina Tennis Facts . .15 Mascot: Rameses The Ram Year-by-Year Record, Coaches Records . .16 School Colors: Carolina Blue and White All-Time Year-by-Year Match Results . .`17 Athletic Dept. Web Site: Records Against Opponents, ACC Record Year by Year .23 http://www.TarHeelBlue.collegesports.com Southern Conference & ACC Award Winners . .24 Carolina Men’s Tennis Information All-America Selections . .25 Miscellaneous Award Winners . .28 Head Coach: Sam Paul (Presbyterian ‘83) Carolina Tennis History . .29 Record at UNC: 188-106, 12 years All-Time Lettermen . .33 Office Phone: (919) 962-6060 ACC Top 50 Honorees . .34 Assistant Coach: Don Johnson (North Carolina ‘90) Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center . .35 2005 Record: 16-11 overall, 4-6 in the ACC, ACC Tournament Semifinalist Carolina Athletic Tradition . .36 Athletic Department Information . .38 2005 National Finish: NCAA Tournament 1st Round, 34th in final ITA Poll The University of North Carolina . .39 Student-Athlete Development . .42 Home Facility: Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center Educational Foundation Information . .44, Inside Back Courts: Hard Courts, 6 indoor and 12 outdoor 2006 Team Picture, 2006 Schedule . .Back Cover Outdoor Seating Capacity: 2,000 Tennis Center Phone: (919) 962-6363 Tennis Center Fax: (919) 962-2604 Tennis Center Administrative Assistant: Andrew Parker www.TarHeelBlue.com Head Athletic Trainer: Sally Mays Media and fans can follow the Carolina men’s tennis team UNC Athletic Communications and the rest of the UNC athletic program from anywhere in the Men’s Tennis Media Contact: Dave Lohse, Associate Athletic world on the official web site of North Carolina athletics. Communications Director TarHeelBlue.com offers schedules, rosters, results, features Student Assistant Contact for Men’s Tennis: Ryan and even more on all 28 of Carolina’s varsity sports. Anderson Lohse’s Email Address: [email protected] Lohse’s Office Phone: (919) 962-7257 Lohse’s Home Phone: (919) 419-3488 Lohse’s Cell Phone: (919) 641-4128 Anderson’s Email Address: [email protected] Athletic Communications Office Fax: (919) 962-0612 Office Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2126, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 Supporting UNC Men’s Tennis Shipping Address: Sports Information, 300 Skipper Bowles The University of North Carolina and Nike extended their agree- Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 ment for eight more years beginning in July 2002. The agreement provides each varsity team with shoes, apparel, equipment bags and other products. It also provides $100,000 annually to the Chancellor's Academic Enhancement Fund for undergraduate teaching and $100,000 annually to the athletic department to reward Olympic sport programs and coaches for academic and ath- 2006 Men’s Tennis Brochure Player headshots, team pictures and current player action photos by Jeffrey Camarati and Andrew Parker. Covers designed by Dana Gelin. The 2006 media guide was edited by Dave Lohse, Associate Director of Athletic Communications and Andrew Parker, the administrative assistant for the men’s and women’s tennis programs at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. The Old Well on the campus of the University of North Carolina 2006 CAROLINA MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE: PAGE 1 CAROLINA MEN’S TENNIS: 2006 ROSTER & SCHEDULE Name Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown (High School) Benjamin Carlotti So. 5-10 145 Paris, France (Lycee Lafontaine) Sandeep Daiya So. 5-10 168 Acworth, Ga. (Harrison) Taylor Fogleman Fr. 5-11 155 New Orleans, La. (Jesuit) Sebastian Guejman Jr. 6-1 165 Buenos Aires, Argentina (Allison Academy) Lenny Gullan So. 6-6 195 Cape Town, South Africa (Saddlebrook Academy) Tristan Heinrich So. 6-3 175 Boise, Idaho (Boise) Raian Luchici Sr. 5-9 150 Timisoara, Romania (University of Nebraska Independent Study) Aly Mandour Sr. 6-1 174 Cairo, Egypt (Saddlebrook Prep) Will Plyler So. 5-10 160 Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton) Brad Pomeroy Sr. 6-2 175 Asheville, N.C. (T.C. Roberson) Derek Porter Sr. 6-1 185 Coral Springs, Fla. (Boca Raton Prep) Jeff Schroeder So. 6-2 182 Raleigh, N.C. (Leesville Road) David Stone So. 6-4 188 Greensboro, N.C. (Page) Karl Wishart So. 6-3 183 Baden-Baden, Germany (Klosterschulevom Helligen Grab) Head Coach: Sam Paul Assistant Coach: Don Johnson Administrative Assistant: Andrew Parker Head Trainer: Sally Mays Pronuncation Guide Benjamin Carlotti car-LOTT-ee Sandeep Daiya DIE-yuh Sebastian Guejman GOOZH-mon Lenny Gullan GULL-en Raian Luchici Ryan lou-CHEE-chee Aly Mandour MAN-dure Karl Wishart WIH-shart 2006 University of North Carolina Men’s Tennis Dual Match and Tournament Schedule Day Date Opponent Site Time Saturday January 21 Campbell Chapel Hill, N.C. 10 a.m. Saturday January 21 Elon Chapel Hill, N.C. 4 p.m. Friday January 27 Northwestern Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. Sunday January 29 Gardner-Webb Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. Sunday January 29 North Carolina A&T Chapel Hill, N.C. 6 p.m. Saturday February 4 Notre Dame Chapel Hill, N.C. 12 p.m. Sunday February 5 Yale Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. Saturday February 11 Georgetown Chapel Hill, N.C. 10 a.m. Saturday February 11 UNC Wilmington Chapel Hill, N.C. 3 p.m. Monday February 13 South Carolina Columbia, S.C. 2:30 p.m. Saturday February 18 Virginia Commonwealth Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. Saturday March 4 Charlotte Chapel Hill, N.C. 11 a.m. Saturday March 4 Navy Chapel Hill, N.C. 4 p.m. Monday March 13 San Diego San Diego, Calif. 3:30 p.m. Wednesday March 15 San Diego State San Diego, Calif. 4:30 p.m. Tuesday March 21 Wake Forest Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:30 p.m. Saturday March 25 Clemson Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. Sunday March 26 Georgia Tech Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. Friday March 31 Florida State Tallahassee, Fla. 5:30 p.m. Sunday April 2 Miami Coral Gables, Fla. 10 a.m. Wednesday April 5 NC State Chapel Hill, N.C. 3 p.m. Friday April 7 Maryland College Park, Md. 3 p.m. Sunday April 9 Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. 10 a.m. Wednesday April 12 Duke Durham, N.C. 4 p.m. Friday April 14 Virginia Chapel Hill, N.C. 2:30 p.m. Sunday April 16 Virginia Tech Chapel Hill, N.C. 1 p.m. Thursday- Sunday April 20-23 ACC Tournament Cary, N.C. TBA Friday- Sunday May 12-14 NCAA Tournament Regionals Campus Sites TBA Saturday- Monday May 20-29 NCAA Championships Palo Alto, Calif. TBA PAGE 2: 2006 CAROLINA MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE 2006 SEASON OUTLOOK: CAROLINA MEN’S TENNIS If history is any indication the 2006 men’s Heels played an extraordinarly high number advance to the semifinals of the ACC tennis season at the University of North of close matches in 2005 with 10 of the last Tournament. UNC’s quest for the title ended Carolina should indeed be an exciting one. 15 matches of the season being decided with the next day with a 4-2 loss to eventual Beginning with the 1989 season, the Tar the winning team having only the four points NCAA quarterfinalist Florida State in the Heel men’s tennis program has had winning necessary to clinch the team win. semifinals but that loss did not sully the out- seasons in 15 of the past 17 years and has A little good fortune in some of those close standing effort of the team. earned an invitation to the NCAA matches and Carolina could have parlayed a Despite the loss of two starters Carolina Tournament in 13 of those 17 seasons. good season into a great season. does return the kind of lineup which should It’s no coincidence that just a year after a That statement is not meant to diminish be able to breed a successful atmosphere. 1988 season in which Carolina finished 0-7 in the exploits of the 2005 squad in any man- UNC returns seniors Raian Luchici, Brad ACC dual matches Sam Paul would arrive ner. Overall UNC finished at 16-11 and in the Pomeroy and Derek Porter. In 2005, those the in Chapel Hill as an assistant to head process earned its sixth successive trip to the three players manned the No. 1, No. 2 and coach Allen Morris and the UNC program NCAA Tournament. In the final No. 4 spots in the singles lineup and all had would move in a most positive direction in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking the outstanding seasons. Luchici, who goes into process. Heels came in at the No. 34 spot. this season ranked fifth nationally by the ITA Eventually, Sam Paul took over as the Carolina was tough to play both at home in singles, finished 25-15 in singles in 2004- Carolina head coach in 1993 after Allen and indoors as UNC compiled an 11-3 record 05 and had eight wins over nationally-ranked Morris’ retirement from coaching. As the in both of those area. One of the highlights opponents during the year. He also earned head coach Paul has continued to shape of the season came in the Atlantic Coast an invitation to the singles phase of the teams which annually produce winning NCAA Tournament.