Durham, N.C. – The No. 18 Florida State men’s tennis team (19-8, 8-4) fell to No. 8 Virginia 4-1 in the semifinals of ACC Championships on Saturday afternoon at Sheffield Indoor Tennis Courts.
“I thought that Virginia played a very good match, but I thought that we had some opportunities early on in the doubles matches” head coach Dwayne Hultquist said. “We were up a break at court No. 1, and had multiple break opportunities at court No. 3, but Virginia came up clutch.”
Virginia secured the doubles point and a 1-0 lead after winning on court No. 2 and court No. 3.
The Cavaliers extended the lead to 3-0 after taking two matches in singles, 6-1, 6-4 victory on court No. 1 and 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3.
Jamie Connel put the Noles on the board making it 3-1, 6-4, 6-2 straight-set win on court No. 6. Connel was undefeated in ACC Championship play with victories against North Carolina and Virginia and led 7-5, 5-2 against Clemson when the match was clinched.
The match was clinched by Virginia after a 6-4, 6-3 victory on court No. 6.
“In singles play, Virginia got four first sets and finished off three of them really quickly,” said Hultquist. “I really liked the efforts from Jamie Connel and Andreja Petrovic, Jamie to win his match, and Petrovic to win his first set and to be battling in the second set. It was a good run here and now we will get ready for the postseason and are excited to make a run in nationals.”
#8 Virginia 4, #18 Florida State 1
Singles Competition
- #8 Chris Rodesch (UVA) def. #6 Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
- Loris Pourroy (FSU) vs. #21 Inaki Montes (UVA) 6-4, 5-2 unfinished
- #43 Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (UVA) def. #109 Youcef Rihane (FSU) 6-3, 6-2
- #83 Ryan Goetz (UVA) def. Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) 6-4, 6-3
- Andreja Petrovic (FSU) vs. Alexander Kiefer (UVA) 6-7 (5) 1-1 unfinished
- Jamie Connel (FSU) def. Mans Dahlberg (UVA) 6-4, 6-2
Doubles Competition
- Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc/Joshua Dous-Karpenschif (FSU) vs. William Woodall/Inaki Montes (UVA) 4-4 unfinished
- Chris Rodesch/Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (UVA) def. Alex Bulte/Loris Pourroy (FSU) 6-2
- Ryan Goetz/Alexander Kiefer (UVA) def. Barnaby Smith/Maks Silagy (FSU) 6-3
Order of Finish Singles (1,3,6,4) Doubles (3,2)
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