Freshman Thompson Wins At Third Ranked Virginia – Notre Dame Fighting Irish – Official Athletics Website

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – For the second time this season, the University of Notre Dame men’s tennis team played their match outside as they took on the #3 ranked Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville. The two-time reigning national champions proved too much on their home courts in windy conditions as they won the match 6-1.

All three doubles matches would be played to completion today. Sebastian Dominko and Jean-Marc Malkowski suffered only their third loss on the year as they fell to a fellow top-20 ranked doubles team. In at #3 doubles for the first time this season, Brian Bilsey and Jayanth Devaiah battled hard and had five deuce games but ultimately couldn’t overcome their opponents in a 6-3 loss. Nil Giraldez and Chase Thompson played a very tough doubles match, garnering an early lead but the back and forth set went the way of the Cavaliers 7-5.

In singles, Thompson scored a straight-set victory at the #4 position in the lone win for the Irish on the day. The top 3 players for Notre Dame all fell to nationally ranked singles players and Malkowski pushed his opponent to a first set tiebreak but could not get the win.

Up Next:

The Irish return home to take on a pair of top-20 ranked ACC opponents. On Friday March 22nd at 4 p.m., the Wolfpack of NC State will be in town. Then on Sunday, a doubleheader will see the Irish host #4 ranked Wake Forest at noon followed by a match against Xavier at 5 p.m.

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Box Score

#50 Notre Dame 1 – #3 Virginia 6

Doubles

1. #19 Montes De La Torre/Hopper(UVA) def. #11 Dominko/Malkowski(ND) 6-2
2. Dietrich/Graziani(UVA) def. Giraldez/Thompson(ND) 7-5
3. Rodesch/Yaffa(UVA) def. Bilsey/Devaiah(ND) 6-3

Order of Finish(1, 3, 2)

Singles

1. #38 Montes De La Torre(UVA) def. #34 Dominko(ND) 6-4, 6-2
2. #9 Rodesch(UVA) def. Giraldez(ND) 6-2, 6-1
3. #72 Von Der Schulenburg(UVA) def. Corsillo(ND) 6-0, 6-2
4. Thompson(ND) def. Graziani(UVA) 6-2, 6-3
5. Kiefer(UVA) def. Malkowski(ND) 7-6, 6-1
6. Dahlberg(UVA) def. Zhang(ND) 6-0, 6-2
   Order of Finish(3, 6, 2, 1, 4, 6)