Duo stays positive despite Open loss
By Andrew Seidman | September 7, 2010[caption id="attachment_35341" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Michael Shabaz and junior Drew Courtney competed in the U.S.
[caption id="attachment_35341" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Michael Shabaz and junior Drew Courtney competed in the U.S.
The Virginia men's tennis doubles team of senior Michael Shabaz and junior Drew Courtney earned a wild card Aug.
[caption id="attachment_34769" align="alignleft" width="228" caption="Senior Houston Barrick rallied back to win his singles match against Duke's Jared Pinsky 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-1 to help the Cavaliers clinch the ACC Title Sunday.
The Virginia women's tennis team's goal going into the ACC Tournament was to make it to semifinals for the first time during coach Mark Guilbeau's four-year tenure.
The Virginia women's tennis team travels to Cary, N.C. this weekend to compete in the ACC Championship, in which the sixth-seeded Cavaliers will begin tournament play against 11th-seeded Boston College. Although the Cavaliers (13-8, 6-5 ACC) posted a decisive 7-0 victory against the Eagles earlier this season, they know that Boston College (6-15, 1-10 ACC) has improved since the start of conference play. "I think we can handle them, but it won't be easy," coach Mark Guilbeau said.
[caption id="attachment_34544" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Jennifer Stevens won both of her singles matches against Georgia Tech and Clemson but lost her final doubles match of the regular season.
After a three-match win weekend, No. 1 Virginia prepares to face No. 43 Clemson and No. 26 Georgia Tech on the road this weekend. "It's our last two regular season matches before the ACC Tournament," junior Sanam Singh said.
With just two games remaining in its regular season, the Virginia women's tennis team is looking to knock out Clemson and Georgia Tech for one last hurrah before hopefully heading into the NCAA Tournament. The Cavaliers have had a recent string of success, after two wins last weekend against No.
[caption id="attachment_34353" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Senior Houston Barrick joined an exclusive club of Cavaliers when he notched the 100th singles victory of his career against N.C.
[caption id="attachment_34350" align="alignleft" width="193" caption="In addition to going undefeated in singles against N.C.
The nation's top-ranked men's tennis team took down No. 18 Wake Forest, No. 47 North Carolina State and Hampton at home this weekend. Against N.C.
With an NCAA Tournament bid on the line, it's crunch time for the No. 34 Virginia women's tennis squad, which heads down to North Carolina for its final road trip of the season to face off against conference rivals N.C.
[caption id="attachment_34157" align="alignleft" width="197" caption="Sophomore Lindsey Hardenbergh won both her doubles and singles matches against No.
The No. 1 Virginia men's tennis team will take on Miami today at the Snyder Tennis Center followed by a doubleheader Sunday against Florida State and Delaware. Depending on whether it rains, the Miami match may be played indoors, forcing the Cavaliers to deal with a change in surfaces.
The Virginia women's tennis team will get into the heart of its ACC schedule when it heads down to Florida this weekend for a doubleheader against Florida State and Miami, the highest ranked teams Virginia has played thus far. The Cavaliers enter the weekend after winning seven of their last eight matches, including a 5-2 win Sunday against Virginia Tech - a victory that was much closer than the score may seem to indicate. "There were definitely some points during that match, even in the singles, where it looked like it could of turned the other way," sophomore Emily Fraser said.
The No. 1 Virginia men's tennis team moves into a doubleheader match today against in-state rivals Richmond and No.
Even among the strong players that comprise the No. 27 Virginia women's tennis team - which holds a 10-3 record and is undefeated in the ACC - sophomore Lindsey Hardenbergh is able to stand out. Currently ranked No.
The No. 1 Virginia men's tennis team easily topped No. 62 Maryland, No. 8 Baylor and Gardener-Webb this weekend, continuing an unbeaten streak that extends back to Feb.