April 11, 2015
Charlottesville, Va. – Virginia won the doubles point and secured straight-set wins in the first four singles matches, rolling to a 7-0 victory over Georgia Tech in an Atlantic Coast Conference men’s tennis match Friday at the Boars Head Sports Club.
Tech (11-9, 3-6 ACC) lost its fifth straight conference match, while the Cavaliers (17-3, 9-0) remained undefeated in ACC play and in first place.
Virginia captured 8-5 victories on courts 1 and 2 to take the doubles point, with its fourth-ranked team of Luca Cotinteli and Ryan Shane taking down Christopher Eubanks and Michael Kay, and J.C. Aragone and Thai-Son Kwiatkowski overcoming Tech’s 67th-ranked pairing of Carlos Benito and Eduardo Segura.
The Cavaliers had little trouble finishing off the Jackets after that. Kwiatkowski, ranked 14th in the nation, didn’t lose a game in defeating Cole Fiegel at No. 4, then Aragone downed Segura at No. 5, and Henrik Wiershom defeated Elijah Melendez at No. 6 to secure the match. Shane, ranked No. 3 nationally, defeated Michael Kay, 6-2, 6-4, on court 3 to make it 5-0.
Eubanks, ranked 54th in singles, and Benito took their opponents to the third set on courts 1 and 2, but were unable to finish. Mitchell Frank, ranked 22nd in the nation, outlasted Eubanks in a tiebreaker, 2-6, 6-4, 7-6, on court 1, while No. 72 Collin Altamirano defeated Benito on court 2, 7-5, 0-6, 7-5.
Tech finishes off the weekend with a match at No. 12 Virginia Tech Sunday afternoon.
#4 Virginia 7, Georgia Tech 0
Apr 10, 2015 at Charlottesville, Va. (Boars Head Sports Club)
Singles competition
1. #22 Mitchell Frank (VA) def. #54 Christopher Eubanks (GT) 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
2. #72 Collin Altamirano (VA) def. Carlos Benito (GT) 7-5, 0-6, 7-5
3. #3 Ryan Shane (VA) def. Michael Kay (GT) 6-2, 6-4
4. #14 Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (VA) def. Cole Fiegel (GT) 6-0, 6-0
5. J.C. Aragone (VA) def. Eduardo Segura (GT) 6-2, 6-1
6. Henrik Wiersholm (VA) def. Elijah Melendez (GT) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. #4 Luca Corinteli/Ryan Shane (VA) def. Christopher Eubanks/Michael Kay (GT) 8-5
2. J.C. Aragone/Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (VA) def. #67 Carlos Benito/Eduardo Segura (GT) 8-5
3. Mitchell Frank/Collin Altamirano (VA) vs. Cole Fiegel/Nathan Rakitt (GT) 7-6, unfinished
Match Notes:
Georgia Tech 11-9, 3-6
Virginia 17-3, 9-0; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,5,6,3,1,2)
