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Published Tue, Apr 20, 2010 05:38 AM
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Heels, Cavs top ACC tennis

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North Carolina's women's team and Virginia's men's team, each ranked No. 1 nationally in the latest ITA poll, will headline the field for the ACC tennis tournaments.

The tournaments begin Thursday at the Cary Tennis Center and ends Sunday, with the title matches at 11 a.m.

The top four seeds in each bracket will receive first-round byes and will open play Friday.

In the men's bracket, Virginia is followed by No. 2 seed Duke, No. 3 North Carolina and No. 4 Georgia Tech.

Thursday's men's matches open with No. 8 Miami facing No. 9 N.C. State. No. 6 Wake and No. 11 Maryland meet in the last of four matches on opening day at 3 p.m.

In the women's bracket, the Tar Heels are followed by No. 2 Miami, No. 3 Clemson and No. 4 Duke. All will open play Friday.

No. 8 N.C. State faces No. 9 Wake Forest at 9 a.m. in one of four matches Thursday, with the winner advancing to face the top-seeded Heels at 9 a.m. Friday.

Basketball

Boyle to Buffs: Colorado has hired Tad Boyle to take over its men's program.

Boyle led Northern Colorado to a school-record 25 wins last season. He replaces Jeff Bzdelik, who left for Wake Forest last week.

Richmond's Anderson to test NBA waters: Atlantic 10 player of the year Kevin Anderson of Richmond says he is entering his name in the NBA draft but is leaving the door open to return for his senior season.

The Atlanta native says he will not hire an agent. By not hiring an agent, he can return to school if he withdraws his name by May 8.

Vols' safety arrested: Tennessee safety Darren Myles Jr. has been charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after a disturbance at a Knoxville, Tenn., restaurant and nightclub.

Tennessee coach Derek Dooley said in a statement Sunday night that he is disappointed in Myles' behavior and will look into the charges before deciding on any punishment.

The Associated Press

Baseball

ACC honors Buchanan: N.C. State junior right-hander Jake Buchanan shared league pitcher of the week honors with Miami's David Gutierrez. Florida State's Tyler Holt was selected as player of the week.

Buchanan threw 99 pitches in a complete-game victory over Maryland, retiring the first 10 batters he faced and 14 of the last 16. Maryland scored single runs in the fourth and fifth innings as N.C. State won 4-2.

Wake Tech workouts: Wake Tech will conduct an open workout for any non-signed high school senior from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the USA Baseball Training Complex. Interested players can contact coach Chris Kiec at cpkiec@waketech.edu.

Softball

Paisley honored: After throwing three shutouts to guide East Carolina to a 5-0 week, junior Toni Paisley was selected the Conference USA pitcher of the week.

Paisley moved past Jenny Parsons (1990-93) and into first place on the Pirates' career shutout list with 35.

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