No. 18 Florida State Falls to Virginia In ACC Semifinals

Durham, N.C. – The No. 18 Florida State males’s tennis group (19-8, 8-4) fell to No. 8 Virginia 4-1 within the semifinals of ACC Championships on Saturday afternoon at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Courts.

“I assumed that Virginia performed an excellent match, however I assumed that we had some alternatives early on within the doubles matches” head coach Dwayne Hultquist mentioned. “We had been up a break at courtroom No. 1, and had a number of break alternatives at courtroom No. 3, however Virginia got here up clutch.”

Virginia secured the doubles level and a 1-0 lead after profitable on courtroom No. 2 and courtroom No. 3.

The Cavaliers prolonged the result in 3-0 after taking two matches in singles, 6-1, 6-4 victory on courtroom No. 1 and 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3.

Jamie Connel put the Noles on the board making it 3-1, 6-4, 6-2 straight-set win on courtroom No. 6. Connel was undefeated in ACC Championship play with victories towards North Carolina and Virginia and led 7-5, 5-2 towards Clemson when the match was clinched.

The match was clinched by Virginia after a 6-4, 6-3 victory on courtroom No. 6.

“In singles play, Virginia bought 4 first units and completed off three of them actually rapidly,” mentioned Hultquist. “I actually preferred the efforts from Jamie Connel and Andreja Petrovic, Jamie to win his match, and Petrovic to win his first set and to be battling within the second set. It was an excellent run right here and now we’ll prepare for the postseason and are excited to make a run in nationals.”

#8 Virginia 4, #18 Florida State 1

Singles Competitors

1. #8 Chris Rodesch (UVA) def. #6 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Loris Pourroy (FSU) vs. #21 Inaki Montes (UVA) 6-4, 5-2 unfinished
3. #43 Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (UVA) def. #109 Youcef Rihane (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
4. #83 Ryan Goetz (UVA) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
5. Andreja Petrovic (FSU) vs. Alexander Kiefer (UVA) 6-7 (5) 1-1 unfinished
6. Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Mans Dahlberg (UVA) 6-4, 6-2

Doubles Competitors

1. Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) vs. William Woodall/Inaki Montes (UVA) 4-4 unfinished
2. Chris Rodesch/Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (UVA) def. Alex Bulte/Loris Pourroy (FSU) 6-2
3. Ryan Goetz/Alexander Kiefer (UVA) def. Barnaby Smith/Maks Silagy (FSU) 6-3

Order of End  Singles (1,3,6,4) Doubles (3,2)

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