Virginia Men’s Tennis Beats North Carolina 4-3 to Win 14th ACC Championship

It took a dramatic, heart-stopping end and a few clutch play in a tiebreaker by Inaki Montes, however the Cavaliers efficiently defended their title. Virginia outlasted North Carolina in an exciting 4-3 victory on Sunday to clinch a second-straight ACC Males’s Tennis Championship and UVA’s 14th ACC title in program historical past. 

North Carolina, the No. 3 seed within the match, began the match sturdy in doubles play. Virginia’s Chris Rodesch and Bar Botzer defeated Casey Kania and Logan Zapp 6-2 to offer UVA the lead, however UNC received the opposite two doubles matches. The No. 8-ranked doubles crew of Brian Cernoch and Mac Kiger took down Inaki Montes and Ryan Goetz 7-5 after which the Tar Heels clinched the purpose with a 7-6 win by Benjamin Sigouin and Peter Murphy over UVA’s Gianni Ross and Alexander Kiefer. 

The Cavaliers recovered and fared significantly better in the beginning of singles play. Virginia rapidly tied the match at 1-1 with a 6-3, 6-1 win by Gianni Ross in opposition to UNC’s Peter Murphy. 

On courtroom 3, Jeffrey von der Schulenburg misplaced his first set to Mac Kiger, however rallied to win 3-6, 6-0, 6-2. Ryan Goetz shook a sluggish begin in opposition to Logan Zapp and likewise got here from behind for a 2-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory to place Virginia forward 3-1. 

The Tar Heels refused to go down simply and received hard-fought three-set matches on courts 5 and 1. UNC’s Anuj Watane defeated Bar Botzer 6-0, 2-6, 6-3. On courtroom 1, No. 33 Brian Cernoch beat No. 23 Chris Rodesch 7-6, 4-6, 6-3. 

North Carolina seized momentum with the pair of singles wins and tied the match at 3-3, leaving it as much as courtroom 2 to resolve the championship. 

Virginia’s Inaki Montes took the opening set 6-4, however UNC’s Benjamin Sigouin received the second set 6-2 to power a deciding third set. The ultimate set of the match was a back-and-forth affair and, naturally, went to a 6-6 tiebreaker. Montes got here up clutch within the tiebreaker and received 7-3 to safe the victory and the 2022 ACC Males’s Championship for Virginia. 

Ryan Goetz was named the ACC Match MVP. 

The Cavaliers will now await their draw to the NCAA Match which begins on Could sixth. 

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