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No. 4 Men’s tennis bounces Georgia Tech, Louisville, Frank plays last home matches

The Virginia men’s tennis team closed out its home schedule this weekend with wins against Georgia Tech and Louisville. The No. 4 Cavaliers (18-3, 10-0 ACC) extended their winning streak to nine matches — all claimed by 7-0 or 6-1 final scores — while clinching their 12th consecutive ACC regular-season title Sunday against the No. 28 Cardinals.

Virginia topped Georgia Tech (11-9, 3-6 ACC) Friday afternoon at the Boar’s Head Sports Club, after inclement weather moved the match indoors to the club’s Boyd Tinsley Courts. The Cavaliers pulled out 8-5 victories at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles before sweeping the singles matches.

No. 14 sophomore Thai-Son Kwiatkowski got Virginia started with a 6-0, 6-0 win against sophomore Cole Fiegel at No. 4 singles. Sophomore J.C. Aragone and freshman Henrik Wiersholm followed with straight-set wins on the courts five and six to give Virginia the match win.

No. 22 senior Mitchell Frank — a two-time ITA All-American competing in his final home matches — added a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5) win against 6-foot-7 No. 54 freshman Christopher Eubanks at No. 1 singles. Though Frank also played Sunday, Virginia celebrated his senior day Friday.

“Mitchell did what he had to do,” coach Brian Boland said. “It wasn’t easy, but he won in true Mitchell Frank fashion.”

The Cavaliers continued to roll Sunday, capturing the doubles point for the 12th consecutive match with wins on courts two and three. Virginia seized victory with wins at the third, fourth and fifth singles positions, with junior Ryan Shane sealing the match win on court three.

All six Cavalier singles players won their opening sets, but No. 8 senior Sebastian Stiefelmeyer came back against No. 72 freshman Collin Altamirano at the No. 1 slot for Louisville’s only win. The Cardinals (23-6, 7-4 ACC) had won four consecutive matches.

Virginia’s wins pushed their ACC-record winning streak to 134 matches, the longest winning streak by any team in any sport in conference history.

The Cavaliers conclude their regular season this weekend with road matches against Florida State and Miami. The first serves against the Seminoles and Hurricanes are slated for 3 p.m. Friday and 1 p.m. Sunday, respectively.

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