Virginia Men's Tennis Tops No. 21 NC State
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March 23, 2007
RALEIGH, N.C. – The No. 3 Virginia men’s tennis team remained unbeaten in the ACC with a 4-3 win over No. 21 NC State Friday at Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium. With the victory, Virginia improves to 15-3 (3-0 ACC), while the Wolfpack fall to 15-4 (0-2 ACC).
The Cavaliers opened the match strong by sweeping the doubles matches for a 1-0 lead. The second ranked duo of Somdev Devvarman (Chennai, India) and Treat Huey (Alexandria, Va.) topped No. 11 ranked Nick Cavaday and William Noblitt 8-4. No. 49 ranked team of Houston Barrick (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Dominic Inglot (London, England) downed James McGee and Jay Weinacker 8-5. Ted Angelinos (Athens, Greece) and Lee Singer (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) completed the sweep with an 8-6 victory over Andre Iriarte and Christian Welte at No. 3 doubles.
The doubles point proved crucial as the teams split the six singles matches. No. 2 Devvarman topped No. 38 Cavaday 6-1, 7-6 at No. 1 singles. Huey, ranked No. 22 nationally, downed McGee at 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 2 position. Barrick won at No. 4 singles for Virginia, defeating Iriarte 6-3, 6-2.
Virginia will return to action on Sunday when it visits No. 12 Wake Forest.
No. 3 Virginia d. No. 21 NC State, 4-3
Doubles
1. No. 2 Devvarman/Huey (UVa) d. No. 11 Cavaday/Noblitt (NCSU) 8-4
2. No. 49 Barrick/Inglot (UVa) d. McGee/Weinacker (NCSU) 8-5
3. Angelinos/Singer (UVa) d. Iriarte/Welte (NCSU) 8-6
Singles
1. No. 2 Somdev Devvarman (UVa) d. No. 38 Nick Cavaday (NCSU) 6-1, 7-6 (5)
2. No. 22 Treat Huey (UVA) d. James McGee (NCSU) 6-3, 6-1
3. William Noblitt (NCSU) d. No. 84 Dominic Inglot (UVa), 6-2, 6-3
4. Houston Barrick (UVa) d. Andre Iriarte (NCSU) 6-3, 6-2
5. Jay Weinacker (NCSU) d. Ted Angelinos (UVa) 6-3, 6-3
6. Christian Welte (NCSU) d. Lee Singer (UVa), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3