NOTRE DAME, Ind. – No. 44-ranked Georgia Tech men’s tennis dropped a narrow 4-3 decision at No. 32 Notre Dame in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams on Friday evening in Notre Dame, Ind.
The Yellow Jackets (5-5, 0-1 ACC) split six singles matches with the Fighting Irish (9-5, 1-0 ACC), but Notre Dame’s 2-0 victory in doubles proved to be the difference in Tech’s third one-point loss in five defeats this season.
Georgia Tech got wins at No. 2 (Marcus McDaniel def. Aditya Vashistha, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 (3)), No. 5 (Brandon McKinley def. Peter Conklin, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2) and No. 6 (Pablo Schelcher def. Jean-Marc Malkowski, 6-3, 6-1) singles, but fell in No. 1, 3 and 4 singles in the loss.
The White and Gold resume ACC action on Sunday when it travels to No. 45 Louisville for a 10 a.m. match.
No. 32 Notre Dame 4, No. 44 Georgia Tech 3
Singles Competition
- 95 Alex Nefve (ND) def. No. 12 Andres Martin (GT), 6-2, 6-3
- Marcus McDaniel (GT) def. Aditya Vashistha, 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 (3)
- Matthew Che (ND) def. No. 105 Keshav Chopra (GT), 6-3, 6-4
- Connor Fu (ND) def. Chen Dong (GT), 7-6, 6-3
- Brandon McKinley (GT) def. Peter Conklin (ND), 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
- Pablo Schelcher (GT) def. Jean-Marc Malkowski (ND), 6-3, 6-1
Doubles Competition
- Che/Nefre (ND) def. Martin/Dong (GT), 6-4
- Conklin/Halpin (ND) def. McDaniel/Chopra, 6-3
- Fu/Malkowski (ND) vs. McKinley/Guerrero Melgar, UF
Order of finish: Singles – 1, 6, 3, 4, 5, 2; Doubles – 2,1
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