Cavalier Tennis Teams Host Quadruple-Header Saturday

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CHARLOTTESVILLE The Virginia men’s and women’s tennis teams return home Saturday with a quadruple-header at the Boyd Tinsley Courts at the Boar’s Head Sports Club. The Cavalier women host Marshall at 9 a.m. and Richmond at 3 p.m., while the Cavalier men host Boise State at noon and Boston College at 6 p.m.

The Cavalier men (12-0) are coming off their second consecutive ITA National Team Indoor Championship. Virginia defeated Tulsa, UCLA, Tennessee and Georgia to win the title last week in Chicago. The Cavaliers moved up to No. 1 in this week’s ITA rankings. Virginia has five singles players and two doubles teams ranked in the latest ITA Rankings. In singles, Dominic Inglot (London, England) is No. 6, Michael Shabaz (Fairfax, Va.) is No. 12, Sanam Singh (Chandigarh, India) is No. 17, Lee Singer (Laguna Niguel, Calif,) is No. 73 and Houston Barrick (Brentwood, Tenn.) is No. 81. The doubles team of Barrick and Singh are No. 2, while Inglot and Shabaz are No. 10.

The Cavalier women (4-2) return to action for the first time in two weeks. Virginia is No. 29 in the ITA rankings. Jennifer Stevens (Miami, Fla.) is No. 80 in the latest singles rankings, while the team of Stevens and Emily Fraser (Rye, N.Y.) is No. 46 in doubles.

Admission to all men’s and women’s tennis matches is free.