No. 1 Virginia Tops Florida State and Delaware

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CHARLOTTESVILLE – The top-ranked Virginia men’s tennis team extended its home winning streak to 69 consecutive matches as it swept a doubleheader Sunday at the Boyd Tinsley Courts at the Boar’s Head Sports Club. The Cavaliers (25-1, 5-0 ACC) topped ACC rival Florida State 5-2 in the first match before downing Delaware 10-1 in the nightcap.

Virginia opened the day by defeating the Seminoles (11-5, 4-2 ACC). The Cavaliers opened the match by winning the doubles point. Drew Courtney (Clifton, Va.) and Michael Shabaz (Fairfax, Va.) cruised to an 8-2 win over Connor Smith and Vahid Mirzadeh at No. 1. Lee Singer (Laguna Niguel, Calif.) and Jarmere Jenkins (College Park, Ga.) remained unbeaten as a pair with their 8-6 win over Andres Bucaro and Anderson Reed at the No. 3 position.

In singles, the Cavaliers quickly extended their lead to 3-0 with wins at No. 5 and No. 6, as Barrick topped Reed 6-2, 6-2 and Singer downed Jordan Kelly-Houston 6-2, 6-4. After Mirzadeh upset third-ranked Sanam Singh (Chandigarh, India) at No. 2 to cut the lead to 3-1, Shabaz clinched the win with his 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 win over Jean-Yves Aubone at No. 1. Jenkins later added a 7-6, 6-2 win over Bucaro at No. 4.

With the win, the Cavaliers extended their win streak against ACC competition to 52 consecutive matches.

In the second match of the doubleheader, Virginia topped Delaware (5-7) 10-1 in a match using an alternative scoring system. The teams played four doubles and seven singles matches, all worth one point.

The Cavaliers opened the match by winning three of the four doubles matches against the Blue Hens. In singles, Virginia won all seven matches. Steven Eelkman Rooda (Amersfoort, The Netherlands), Philippe Oudshoorn (Apeldoorn, The Netherlands), Santiago Villegas (Bogota, Colombia), Julen Uriguen (Guatemala City, Guatemala), Dino Dell’Orto (Hong Kong, China) and Brian Fang (Hacienda Heights, Calif.) all won in straight sets and Milo Johnson (Tulsa, Okla.) added a three-set win.

The Cavaliers return to action on Friday as they visit No. 18 North Carolina.

No. 1 Virginia 5, No. 22 Florida State 2

Doubles:
1. #17 ShabazCourtney (UVa) def. #70 Smith/Mirzadeh (FSU) 8-2
2. #60 Aubone/Bowles (FSU) def. #19 Barrick/Singh (UVa) 8-5
3. #41 Singer/Jenkins (UVa) def. Bucaro/Reed (FSU) 8-6

Singles:
1. #4 Michael Shabaz (UVa) def. #22 Jean-Yves Aubone (FSU) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
2. #48 Vahid Mirzadeh (FSU) def. #3 Sanam Singh (UVa) 6-3, 7-5
3. #71 Clint Bowles (FSU) def. #53 Drew Courtney (UVa) 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-1
4. #33 Jarmere Jenkins (UVa) def. Andres Bucaro (FSU) 7-6(3) 6-2
5. #87 Houston Barrick (UVa) def. Anderson Reed (FSU) 6-2, 6-2
6. #68 Lee Singer (UVa) def. Jordan Kelly-Houston (FSU) 6-2, 6-4

Order of Finish:
Doubles: 1,3,2
Singles: 5,6,2,1,4,3

No. 1 Virginia 10, Delaware 1

Doubles:
1. Longacre/Vorobyob (Del) def. Oudshoorn/Rooda (UVa) 9-7
2. Johnson/Dell’Orto (UVa) def. Celik/Hincker (Del) 8-3
3. Uriguen/Villegas (UVa) def. Barrer/Scott (Del) 8-4
4. Fang/Shabaz (UVa) def. Perez/Piacente (Del) 8-0

Singles:
1. #113 Steven Eelkman Rooda (UVa) def. Austin Longacre (Del) 6-3, 6-2
2. #102 Philippe Oudshoorn (UVa) def. Gokay Celik (Del) 6-3, 6-2
3. Santiago Villegas (UVa) def. Courtney Scott (Del) 6-0, 6-1
4. Milo Johnson (UVa) def. Chris Hincker (Del) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
5. Julen Uriguen (UVa) def. Andre Vorobyov (Del) 6-2, 6-1
6. Dino Dell’Orto (UVa) def. Sam Barrer (Del) 6-2, 6-2
7. Brian Fang (UVa) def. Jeff Marshall (del) 6-1, 6-1

Order of Finish:
Doubles: 4,2,3,1
Singles: 5,3,1,2,6,4,7