No. 12 men’s tennis opens regular season with a pair of close victories
By Luke Beasey | January 22, 2018The No. 12 Virginia men's tennis team opened its season in less-dominant fashion than usual, but still came away with two victories.
The No. 12 Virginia men's tennis team opened its season in less-dominant fashion than usual, but still came away with two victories.
The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team continued its ACC dominance Sunday, defeating No. 9 North Carolina to clinch the program’s eighth straight ACC Tournament title and 10th in the past 11 years. With the victory against the Tar Heels, the Cavaliers extended their conference match win streak to 121 matches.
The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team begins its postseason in Cary, N.C. this weekend at the ACC Tournament. The Cavaliers have won the tournament title nine out of the last ten years, with 2006 being the lone exception as they fell to then-No. 3 Duke in the Finals, 4-3.
The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team traveled to Blacksburg over the weekend, clinching its eighth consecutive undefeated conference record with a victory against No. 36 Virginia Tech.
The No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team concludes its regular season as they take on No. 36 Virginia Tech on Saturday morning in Blacksburg. The Cavaliers moved up one spot in the national rankings after an impressive weekend in which they took down No. 32 North Carolina State and No. 25 Wake Forest.
In the final two home matches of the season, the No. 5 Virginia men’s tennis team celebrated the careers of its seniors — Alex Domijan, Justin Shane and Ian Uriguen — clinched its 11th consecutive ACC regular season title and broke an all-sport ACC record.
The No. 5 Virginia men’s tennis team hosts No. 23 Wake Forest and No. 32 North Carolina State on Friday and Saturday for their final home matches of the regular season. With wins over both squads this weekend, the Cavaliers (17-2, 8-0 ACC) would clinch at least a share of the regular season ACC title for an unprecedented 11th consecutive year.
Friday, the No. 4 Virginia men’s tennis team narrowly avoided an upset bid from No. 17 Clemson before ultimately prevailing, 4-3. The team then cruised to a 7-0 victory the next day against Georgia Tech.
A preview of this weekend’s sporting events.
“The Skinny” on weekend matchups for baseball, men’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, softball and rowing.
The No. 7 Virginia men’s tennis team traveled to the state of North Carolina this weekend for a pair of ACC matches, handily defeating No. 6 North Carolina 7-0 and No. 13 Duke 5-1.
The Skinny: Following a tight 4-3 loss to No. 3 UCLA, the Cavaliers travel to North Carolina for a pair of matches against ACC rivals the Tar Heels and the Blue Devils.
The No. 2 Virginia men’s tennis team hits the road Thursday, travelling to Los Angeles for a pair of matches against No. 3 UCLA and Loyola Marymount. The Cavaliers defeated No. 13 Baylor and No. 9 Notre Dame last weekend in Charlottesville, each by a score of 6-1, to bounce back from a 4-3 loss at the hands of No. 1 Ohio State in the ITA Indoor Semifinals.
Coming off its first loss in more than a year and half, the No. 10 Virginia men’s tennis team rebounded to take down both No. 8 Baylor and No. 6 Notre Dame with a score of 6-1, and shut out Liberty 10-0.
The Virginia men’s tennis team will return to the Snyder Tennis Center outdoor courts this weekend for the first time this year. The Cavaliers will play a slew of challenging contests, with a Saturday matchup against Baylor and Sunday matchups against Liberty and ACC foe Notre Dame.
Extensive previews for Virginia baseball, men’s basketball and women’s lacrosse events this weekend ran in Friday’s edition of The Cavalier Daily and remain available online.
In their first action of the spring season, the No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team cruised to four victories in four matches this weekend at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.
The No. 1 Virginia men’s tennis team begins the defense of its 2013 ITA Indoors and NCAA Championships this weekend as it hosts the first four matches of the season, all at the Boar’s Head Sports Club.
The scene seemed to be lifted directly from the hit comedy “Dodgeball,” when Ben Stiller’s character White Goodman appears to knock out Peter La Fleur (Vince Vaughn) to win the Las Vegas dodgeball tournament.
Now with 103 straight conference victories, the team heads to the ACC Tournament in Cary, NC. The Cavaliers (21-0, 8-0 ACC) have won the tournament eight times since head coach Brian Boland’s arrival. After completing yet another phenomenal season, this weekend could very well mark the ninth title of the Boland era.