Virginia Men’s Tennis Advances to NCAA Finals With 5-0 Sweep Over Tennessee

It is official – the Virginia Cavaliers will play for a nationwide championship. 

No. 7 seed UVA swept No. 6 seed Tennessee 5-0 in dominant trend within the semifinals of the NCAA Males’s Tennis Championship on Saturday on the Atkins Tennis Heart in Champaign, Illinois. Virginia advances to the championship match in opposition to No. 8 seed Kentucky on Sunday at 4pm. 

In doubles motion, Gianni Ross and Jeffrey von der Schulenburg took down Mark Wallner and Johannus Monday 6-3 after which Ryan Goetz and Inaki Montes clinched the doubles level for Virginia with a 6-2 win on court docket 2 over Emile Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui. 

Ross picked up a straight-set 6-1, 6-4 victory over Angel Diaz on court docket 5 to start singles competitors. No. 45 Jeffrey von der Schulenburg adopted that up with a well-earned 7-5, 7-6 victory over No. 74 Emile Hudd on court docket 3 to present the Cavaliers a 3-0 lead, one level away from clinching the match. 

Virginia had two of its gamers win their matches practically concurrently, so each victories have been recorded and UVA is credited with a 5-0 win. 

Bar Botzer formally received the match, as he accomplished his 7-5, 6-2 win over Martim Prata on court docket 6 simply seconds earlier than No. 39 Inaki Montes completed off a 7-6, 6-3 victory in opposition to No. 10 Johannus Monday on court docket 2. 

The Cavaliers, winners of 22-consecutive matches, advance to the championship closing for the seventh time within the final 11 NCAA championships. 

UVA will face No. 8 seed Kentucky for the second time this season. The Cavaliers and Wildcats met on March thirty first in Lexington, a match which Virginia received 4-2. UVA is looking for its fifth nationwide title in program historical past, with every championship coming since 2013. 

Virginia and Kentucky will play for the championship on Sunday at 4pm. 

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