Virginia Men’s Tennis Advances to NCAA Finals With 5-0 Sweep Over Tennessee

It’s formal – the Virginia Cavaliers will enjoy for a national championship.

No. 7 seed UVA swept No. 6 seed Tennessee 5- in dominant vogue in the semifinals of the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship on Saturday at the Atkins Tennis Center in Champaign, Illinois. Virginia advances to the championship match towards No. 8 seed Kentucky on Sunday at 4pm.

In doubles motion, Gianni Ross and Jeffrey von der Schulenburg took down Mark Wallner and Johannus Monday 6-3 and then Ryan Goetz and Inaki Montes clinched the doubles place for Virginia with a 6-2 win on court 2 more than Emile Hudd and Shunsuke Mitsui.

Ross picked up a straight-set 6-1, 6-4 victory around Angel Diaz on court 5 to commence singles level of competition. No. 45 Jeffrey von der Schulenburg adopted that up with a well-acquired 7-5, 7-6 victory in excess of No. 74 Emile Hudd on courtroom 3 to give the Cavaliers a 3- direct, a person stage absent from clinching the match.

Virginia had two of its players earn their matches nearly concurrently, so the two victories were recorded and UVA is credited with a 5- win.

Bar Botzer officially won the match, as he done his 7-5, 6-2 earn above Martim Prata on court 6 just seconds right before No. 39 Inaki Montes finished off a 7-6, 6-3 victory in opposition to No. 10 Johannus Monday on court docket 2.

The Cavaliers, winners of 22-consecutive matches, advance to the championship last for the seventh time in the very last 11 NCAA championships.

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UVA will confront No. 8 seed Kentucky for the second time this period. The Cavaliers and Wildcats satisfied on March 31st in Lexington, a match which Virginia won 4-2. UVA is trying to get its fifth nationwide title in plan history, with each championship coming given that 2013.

Virginia and Kentucky will enjoy for the championship on Sunday at 4pm.