Cavaliers Take Four Titles at UVa Fall Invitational
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CHARLOTTESVILLE– The Virginia men’s tennis team concluded a successful first tournament of the season, taking four flight championships at the UVa Fall Invitational. Somdev Devvarman (Chennai, India), Treat Huey (Alexandria, Va.), and Dominic Inglot (London, England) won singles flights, while the team of Devvarman and Huey won a doubles flight.
“I thought it was great weekend for college tennis,” said head coach Brian Boland. “To win the three top flight singles draws and one of the two top doubles draws in a tremendous achievement considering how strong the field was. I am extremely pleased of the performance for the first competition of the fall and it was good to get out and see how this team competes. I also want to thank all the volunteers and supporters that once again made this a successful tournament full of quality players from all over the country.”
Cavaliers won each of the three top-level singles flights. In the red singles draw, No. 1 ranked Devvarman topped Damien Lacombe of VCU 6-3, 6-1. Dating back to last season, the reigning NCAA Singles Champion has now won 20 consecutive matches, tying the school record set by Brian Vahaly in 2001 and matched by Rylan Rizza in 2003. Devvarman also becomes the first player to win a singles title at the tournament in four consecutive years.
Huey, ranked No. 13 nationally, took the yellow singles draw title, topping No. 26 Martin Sayer of Radford 6-4. 6-4. During the tournament, Huey won his 100th career singles match, joining Vahaly, Rizza, Devvarman, and Darrin Cohen as the only Cavaliers to reach that milestone.
Inglot took the blue singles draw championship. The No. 65 ranked Cavalier downed No. 12 Adam Holmstrom of Denver 7-5, 6-4 in the final.
In the A-1 doubles draw, the No. 1 ranked team of Devvarman and Huey took their second consecutive UVa Fall Invitational title. The Cavalier duo topped No. 36 Michael James and Adam Slagter of Penn State 8-4 in the final.
The Cavaliers return to action in two weeks as they host the Virginia State Open.