The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team traveled to Austin, Texas, Sunday where it defeated No. 10 Texas 4-3. Virginia’s scheduled match Friday against Baylor was cancelled because of rain.
The two teams took a 3-3 tie into doubles to decide the match. For Virginia (18-0, 3-0 ACC), the No. 23 tandem of senior Dominic Inglot and sophomore Michael Shabaz struck first with an 8-6 win against the No. 32 pair of junior Dimitar Kutrovsky and junior Josh Zavala of Texas (11-3). The Longhorns tied the doubles round, however, with an 8-6 win in the No. 3 spot. The match was then decided in the No. 1 slot, in which Virginia’s No. 2 team in the nation, sophomore Sanam Singh and junior Houston Barrick, defeated No. 35 sophomore Ed Corrie and sophomore Kellen Domico.
In singles, the Longhorns took five of the first six sets. Freshman Steven Eelkman Rooda won his first set 7-5, but lost the next two to No. 121 junior Oliver Sajous, 7-6, 6-3.
Texas took the first point of the match in No. 1 singles as No. 17 Kutrovsky defeated No. 18 Inglot, 7-5, 6-4. The Longhorns prevailed in the No. 2 spot as well, as No. 68 Corrie upset No. 16 Shabaz in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4.
Freshman Drew Courtney took the first point for the Cavaliers, winning his 13th consecutive singles match. Courtney bounced back from a 4-6 loss in the first set to junior Josh Zavala, taking the next two, 6-0, 6-3.
Singh tied up the match at 2-2 in another three-set battle. After dropping the first set to No. 125 Kellen Damico, Singh won the next two, 6-3, 6-3 to take the point.
Virginia took a brief lead with its third consecutive point after Barrick triumphed against senior Miguel Reyes Varela in three sets, 3-6, 7-6, 6-3. The Longhorns, however, quickly tied the match with the win against Rooda.
—compiled by Andrew Seidman
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